[meteorite-list] Nininger's Meteorite Museum - Where It AllStarted

From: al mitt <almitt_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 13:08:10 -0400
Message-ID: <232B9D8C5ED444529824D18D8E449C68_at_StarmanPC>

Greetings Werner and all,

For those who don't have access to Nininger's books or Find a Falling Star,
you can go here on the Meteorite.com site to see the Nininger Moments and
read more about Harvey's great adventures.
It is amazing what one person can do when they put their mind to it.

Nininger Moments here: http://www.meteorite.com/nininger/ forHarvey's
adventures.

--AL Mitterling

----- Original Message -----
From: "W&S Schroer" <schroer at bigpond.com>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 1:45 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Nininger's Meteorite Museum - Where It
AllStarted


> Ruben, list,
> thanks for sharing the link, Ruben.
>
> I've read Nininger's 'Find A Falling Star' like most of you, I guess, and
> I know therefore a little bit about the battles he and his incredibly
> dedicated wife Addie had to fight while they were living in what has now
> become just another ruin.
>
> I find it very sad that it had to come to this and I wonder what will be
> left of that building in another 50 years or so. Not much I guess,
> probably a monument with the inscription that many years ago there used to
> be a building here where an amazing couple dedicated their lives to the
> then new arm of science called meteoritics.
>
> I wonder too whether we would have this great list today, where we can
> share our knowledge (or the lack of it, as in my case) about those
> heavenly stones, if the Niningers wouldn't have had the dedication and
> willpower to put up with a harsh environment, the constant strain of lack
> of money, and the ignorance of people in power who couldn't grasp the
> importance of the work the Niningers were doing.
>
> Many years ago I read somewhere, that a society will be judged by the way
> it has treated its own history. By the looks of that building I think we
> are not doing a good job.
>
> Here talks the man himself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25lCod4tYRk
>
> Cheers
> Werner Schroer
Received on Thu 03 Jun 2010 01:08:10 PM PDT