[meteorite-list] Moon Rock Goes To Everest And Flies On Space Shuttle

From: cdtucson at cox.net <*cdtucson_at_meteoritecentral.com*> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:01:39 -0400 Message-ID: <20100611230139.N2NW4.502823.imail_at_fed1rmwml28> · cdtucson_at_meteoritecentral.com

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Carl or Debbie Esparza
Meteoritemax
---- Phil Whitmer <prairiecactus at rtcol.com> wrote: 
> Greetings, my fellow Americans, international Listerians, and lurkers:
> 
> Last month, the Michiana Astronomical Society got up close and personal to 
> the moon rock  brought back to Earth by Neil Armstrong, then taken to the 
> top of Mt. Everest by astronaut Scott Parazynski.  It was then flown on the 
> space shuttle Endeavor to the space station, where it sat in the window 
> before being returned to terra firma. It was shown by Dr. Carlton Allen, 
> NASA Curator for Extraterrestrial Materials at the Johnson Space Center. I 
> also got to fondle my first Antarctica meteorite, a black crusted OC with 
> white spots on the crust.  I didn't really notice this feature until I 
> looked at the close up photo. The good Dr. also brought along an interesting 
> group of geological samples from the moon's surface. He said we'll probably 
> be returning to the moon soon, but he didn't think we'd be going to Mars 
> anytime soon, simply because it's so darn far away. He mentioned that all 
> mountains on the moon are formed by meteorite impacts, pretty obvious I 
> guess, but it never occurred to me. After his talk, someone asked if all the 
> NASA moon rocks are accounted for and he told the story of how Tricky Dick 
> gave away a bunch of moon rocks, most of which have gone missing. Like an 
> idiot, I said: "So you got back all the rocks stolen by the intern kids 
> then?"  He said: "Oh, you had to bring that up! That was the worst day of my 
> life!"  "Yes, we got them back and the ringleader is doing 8 years of hard 
> time."  When someone asked the value of the moon rock, he said: "It's worth 
> about 8 months a gram." That got a good laugh. I was very impressed that he 
> would travel all the way to Indiana to give a presentation to our small 
> group.  (It must have been on the way to somewhere more important.)
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> Phil Whitmer
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