[meteorite-list] Apollo Samples

From: Carl Agee <agee_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:03:22 -0600
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=jvf1-2a4cA7xPxu3Ve_egLNs20g_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Phil:

There are many scientists worldwide who study the Apollo samples, some
of them right here in New Mexico!

The samples can be requested through the Lunar Sample Curator at NASA
JSC, Dr. Gary Lofgren.
http://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/lunar/sampreq/index.cfm

The request (proposal) is then evaluated by "The Curation and Analysis
Planning Team for Extraterrestrial Materials" (CAPTEM). CAPTEM
oversees the care and distribution of all extraterrestrial samples
collected by NASA. The Chair of the CAPTEM is appointed to a two year
term by the NASA Administrator, currently held by Dr. Meenakshi Wadhwa
from ASU. Most of the CAPTEM committee members are NOT NASA civil
servants or contractors, they are mostly lunar experts from
universities and research institutes. For more information see
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/captem/

The Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG) is responsible for
analyzing scientific, technical, commercial, and operational issues
associated with lunar exploration in response to requests by NASA.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/leag/

Best regards,

Carl Agee

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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:11:19 -0400
From: "JoshuaTreeMuseum" <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com>
Subject: [meteorite-list] The Apollo Moon Rock Collection
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As far as I can tell, bulk Apollo lunar material is studied by the NASA
Lunar Science Institute. The guys that do the hands on work are known as the
Lunar Exploration and Analysis Group or LEAG. One of the scientists doing
analysis of moon rocks here at the University of Notre Dame uses the new
multiple-collector-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer or MC-ICP-MS
to determine the mineral composition of lunar impact melts to determine
their petrogenesis and place constraints on the impactors and target
lithologies.
http://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/nlsi/teamMembers/bios.shtml
Phil Whitmer

Received on Tue 28 Jun 2011 09:03:22 AM PDT