[meteorite-list] Thanks, Michael!

From: michael cottingham <voyagebotanica_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 15:08:29 -0600
Message-ID: <BAY148-w48DB2AB8C987A5CA3C0747D1E00_at_phx.gbl>

Hello,
Thanks. BUT Thank You Robert Matson for pioneering an amazing new technique in meteorite recovery. ?Can't wait for the next one!
Best Wishes
Michael Cottingham

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> Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 13:19:42 -0700
> From: ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Thanks, Michael!
>
> Hi All,
>
> Just wanted to let everyone know that I received a VERY nice
> (overwhelming,
> really) package from Michael Cottingham in today's mail. In it were
> copies
> of four separate Dodgeville and Platteville papers containing stories
> about
> the big fall in Livingston/Mifflin -- mementos that I wish I had taken
> the
> time to chase down while I was there a few weeks ago.
>
> But the BIG surprise in the package was a very generous 4+ gram slice
> from Michael's latest 105.1-gram find there a little over a week ago! I
> don't think Michael has discussed this discovery on the list yet, so
> I'll leave the details of that story for him to share. But I will say
> that it took a bit of a leap of faith on his, Greg Hupe's, and Eric
> Wichman's parts to search in an area I recommended to them (based on
> radar), given that it was over 3 miles from the nearest prior find.
> (Psychologically, it is much easier to hunt with confidence when you
> are searching an area surrounded by other known finds.)
>
> Bottom line is that this find ended up being a significant strewn field
> extender, and I'm thankful to Michael, Greg and Eric for diverting
> valuable time they could have spent in more productive areas in an
> attempt to validate my interpretation of the NEXRAD data. I am quite
> relieved that their efforts were not in vain! Their success alone
> was most gratifying from a theoretical analysis standpoint; to actually
> be sent a slice from that find was (in the words of MasterCard) ...
> priceless.
>
> A VERY BIG THANK YOU!
>
> --Rob
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