[meteorite-list] The Meteorite Wiki: For The World

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:53:45 -0800
Message-ID: <4AEDD939.3090001_at_meteoritesusa.com>

Thanks Sonny, Ruben, List,

I would agree that Steve and Geoff do need to be complimented and
acknowledged for their work on bringing meteorites to the main stream.
Though it is a cable television series it will expand the base of the
meteorite world exponentially, especially when one considers the reach
of the Science Channel and Discovery Communications. I'm looking forward
to seeing the new episodes.

Without showing any bias or favoritism, I agree wholeheartedly with
Ruben when he stated /"...All too often (speaking for myself) it seems
easy to forget the monumental achievements of Geoff and Steve. Think
about it, they have successfully completed filming of the very first TV
series about meteorites/meteorite hunting in history!..."/

Regardless of personal feelings on the matter, to help create a
television series on such a major network is an amazing and wonderful
thing for the meteorite world as a whole and certainly the logical next
step. I predict in the next 2-3 years such an explosive growth of
knowledge of the science of meteorites as never before seen in the
history of this great science. It's never been in the public eye more
than now, and it may even become a vehicle into the future of
astronomical science for many. Who knows how many new scientists,
astronomers and astronauts this exposure will create? It will have
phenomenal growth.

Perhaps we should consider adding Geoff and Steve to the "Meteorite Men"
page on the wiki. Any volunteers to write the pages? ;)

Thank you all...

Regards,
Eric



wahlperry at aol.com wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> Good job on the Wiki site, it looks good.
>
>> On a more positive note, we can be happy about the millions of viewers
>> that the new and exciting Meteorite Men cable television series on the
>> Science Channel will garner. A lot of these people will become
>> fascinated by them, and hopefully will be amazed enough to research
> more
>> information on them. The show I think will create a whole new group of
>> meteorite collectors and hunters through the ingenious
> adventure/science
>> theme of the show, and most likely will add a few new scientists to
> the
>> meteorite world as well. To be able to entertain and educate at the
> same
>> time about the coolest rocks on the face of the planet has to rank up
>> there. It doesn't get much more exciting than that.
>
> I could not agree more, we need to complement Geoff and Steve for
> their contributions to the Meteorite world!
>
> Sonny
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com>
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sun, Nov 1, 2009 1:58 am
> Subject: [meteorite-list] The Meteorite Wiki: For The World
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> Good Morning Listees,?
> ?
>
> Hope everyone had a great week last week. I've had a great time this
> past week, and have received a large number of emails and phone calls
> from friends in this community congratulating me on creating the
> Meteorite Wiki. I'd like to say thank you very much for all the kind
> words, advice and suggestions for the site, I do appreciate all of it.
> But I find it kind of weird to receive these kind words on something
> that should have been created long ago. Why it wasn't I have no idea as
> it's something that is greatly needed by the meteorite world, and now
> the main stream.?
> ?
>
> With increasing awareness of meteorite falls, fireballs, asteroids,
> including the mighty mid-air explosions over Indonesia, and even a few
> hoaxes as the media spins more and more fantastic tales about asteroids,
> meteorites and meteors it's more important than ever to provide an
> information source that will help educate the public about meteorites,
> the events that surround them and the science behind them.?
> ?
>
> This is especially important given the massive media attention and the
> inaccurate data being reported. That is a huge problem in and of itself.
> Poor reporting by lazy reporters and skewed data are constant problems.?
> ?
>
> On a more positive note, we can be happy about the millions of viewers
> that the new and exciting Meteorite Men cable television series on the
> Science Channel will garner. A lot of these people will become
> fascinated by them, and hopefully will be amazed enough to research more
> information on them. The show I think will create a whole new group of
> meteorite collectors and hunters through the ingenious adventure/science
> theme of the show, and most likely will add a few new scientists to the
> meteorite world as well. To be able to entertain and educate at the same
> time about the coolest rocks on the face of the planet has to rank up
> there. It doesn't get much more exciting than that.?
> ?
>
> Meteorites will continue to grow in popularity as awareness increases.
> Millions of people will watch the show yes, and millions more will watch
> the new movie by director Roland Emmerich called 2012.?
> ?
>
> Most are familiar with the ominous 2012 date from the Mayan calendar
> because the calendar inexplicably ends on the date of December 21 2012,
> which some believe marks the end of the world. Some believe that it
> foretells of the future impact of a massive asteroid with the Earth in
> which all life will be extinguished in a huge ball of fire wiping out
> all living creatures and human beings in the process.?
> ?
>
> Thanks to Roland Emmerich's new 2012 movie and the countless millions of
> people and websites surrounding this event, the date is now etched in
> the minds of hundreds of millions of people across the globe, and the
> closer we get to this date, the more interest in asteroids there will
> be, and in turn the more interest there will be in meteorites!?
> ?
>
> Given the recent 50 kiloton explosion (equivalent to 110 million pounds
> of TNT explosives) of an untracked and very scientifically surprising
> asteroid over Indonesia just a few weeks ago, this proves there's more
> out there than we can possibly track and raises some alarm as well.
> http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news165.html?
> ?
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> Many scientists were taken by surprise and were amazed at the force and
> size of the mid-air explosion. It's been reported that no one knew it
> existed until it exploded over land scaring thousands of locals and
> setting off infrasound detection systems thousands of miles away.?
> ?
>
> I can't really mention all this without mentioning NASAs new Asteroid
> Watch program http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch/ and of course the
> NEO (Near Earth Object Program) http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ both of which
> track, record and notify interested parties of the potential hazards of
> the extraterrestrial visitors we lovingly know as asteroids. Many of
> NASAs program participants and scientists are ever more aware of the
> social networking craze that has taken the internet world by storm, and
> have implemented and created their own social network accounts on
> Twitter, Facebook, Myspace and other popular websites.?
> ?
>
> This revolution of online networking has allowed the worlds best
> advertising system (word of mouth) to become electronic in nature
> spreading the word around the world in a matter of seconds! Combine that
> with cell phones, PDAs, and broadband enabled laptops and other mobile
> computing technology you can see the power and importance of having the
> right information available to those who search for it.?
> ?
>
> So the next time there's a large fireball event, a meteorite fall, or
> when NASA discovers a new asteroid impactor or scientists find, track
> and predict an impact like that of Asteroid 2008 TC3, there will be a
> source of information and knowledge readily available for the curious,
> for the educator, and for the media to compile accurate data for their
> reports.?
> ?
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> We'll have an informational database for the worlds meteorite knowledge
> created by the people for the people and to educate the people about
> those rocks we love so much.?
> ?
>
> I hope you will take part in the new Meteorite Wiki and help share the
> science and knowledge of meteorites with the world!?
> ?
>
> Regards,?
>
> Eric Wichman?
>
> Meteorites USA?
>
> Founder?
>
> The Meteorite Wiki?
>
> www.MeteoriteWiki.com?
> ?
>
> P.S. There's been many more pages created on the wiki so far, and all of
> them are open for editing and article contribution. If you are an
> educator, scientist, and/or an expert in your field of study and feel
> there needs to be a page article dedicated to a certain topic you're
> invited to create a Meteorite Wiki account and contribute your work. You
> are welcome to include a credit/by line and date if you wish, and link
> to any reference and relevant links to an "External Links" section at
> the bottom of the page article.?
> ?
>
> Here's a short list of pages that either have been created already or
> are being created now.?
>
> http://www.meteoritewiki.com/index.php/Special:AllPages?
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>
> If you can think of a topic that needs to be covered, by all means drop
> me an email, sign up and create it!?
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> Enjoy...?
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