[meteorite-list] Moon Trees

From: al mitt <almitt_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 22:50:02 -0400
Message-ID: <1431898469A34080A99208DFCCA77CBB_at_StarmanPC>

Hi Richard and all,

One of the Shuttle Missions I covered at the Kennedy Space Center, took up
seeds that were eventually brought back down and given to school kids to
plant later on to study any anomalies.

I believe that meteorites (small) have been take up and brought back down
but not planted :-)

Also Richard Montgomery, If I've told dealers and collectors once, I've told
them a hundred times to not touch magnets to their meteorites as it
magnetizes them :-) Seriously though, studies on magnetic properties are
conducted and specimens that haven't been altered by magnets are needed to
check these weak magnetic fields.

--AL Mitterling


----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Kowalski" <kowalski at lpl.arizona.edu>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 9:28 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Moon Trees


> Changing threads here.
>
> Tracy,
>
> I believe you are talking about the "Moon Trees". Trees that were grown
> from seeds taken to the moon and brought back during the Apollo 14
> mission.
>
> There are a number of first generation trees around the United States.
>
> We have one right outside the main entrance of the Lunar and Planetary Lab
> here in Tucson (between the Kuiper Space Sciences building and the
> Flandrau Planetarium) Ours is a Sycamore. I've collected some seeds from
> it and will be trying to sprout a second generation Moon Tree from it.
>
> The other species of Moon Trees are Loblolly Pine, Sweetgum, Redwood, and
> Douglas Fir.
>
> Since there has never been a mission that has returned from Mars, there
> are no "Mars Trees". (Yet)
>
> I have to say when I head into the office it is kinda neat to know the
> seed that this tree grew from did make a trip to the moon and back.
>
> More about Moon Trees and their locations can be found here:
>
> http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_tree.html
>
> --
> Richard Kowalski
> Catalina Sky Survey
> Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
> University of Arizona
> http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/css/
>
>
>
>
> --- On Fri, 7/2/10, tracy latimer <daistiho at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: tracy latimer <daistiho at hotmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites are very powerful stones!
> > To: warren3174 at hotmail.com, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > Date: Friday, July 2, 2010, 5:34 PM
> >
> > I remember a short story about trees grown from seeds which
> > had been taken on expeditions to other planets. The
> > original tree was from a seed taken to the Moon, and it had
> > a calming effect on those nearby. The tree came down
> > (I don't remember the circumstances) and was replaced by a
> > seedling from a Mars expedition. Trouble is, the tree
> > was near some type of world peace conference...
> >
> > Best!
> > Tracy Latimer
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