[meteorite-list] Moon Trees

From: lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu <lebofsky_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 02:30:18 -0700 (MST)
Message-ID: <340e1ff74265d661c9adc287a825afc8.squirrel_at_webmail.lpl.arizona.edu>

Hi Al:

If I remember correctly, Tom Jones brought a meteorite up in the Shuttle
on one of his flights.

Larry

> 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
>> ______________________________________________
>> Visit the Archives at
>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html
>> Meteorite-list mailing list
>> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>>
>>
>
>
> ______________________________________________
> Visit the Archives at
> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>
Received on Sat 03 Jul 2010 05:30:18 AM PDT