[meteorite-list] Need Info

From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 06:41:14 +0200
Message-ID: <00cd01cc15de$fdbce5c0$f936b140$_at_de>

Hi John,

>but I do try to keep track of a lot of things

Good thing, maybe NASA wished that others would do the same as diligently as
you do.
>From the Moon rock samples, once cut from the Goodwill Rock and given by the
U.S. as presents to friendly states,
several seem to miss meanwhile!

Btw. the Lunar Sample Atlas is a fantastic thing.
Dealing also with newly recovered lunaites, we compare them sometimes with
the pictures there
and are amazed if they look so similar, that you can see, that they are the
real deal.
Though even more exciting it is, if we find no matches for a new lunar
there, you can imagine.

Anyway - also without lunar meteorites... always a delight to browse around
there.
Especially for me, I grew up still in the global enthusiasm of the Apollo
project,
in kindergarten we formed lunar landscapes with papier m?ch? and tinkered
the Eagle lander from cardboard boxes.
Well and in my home museum, there is displayed the German portion of the
Goodwill Rock, although the museum is a fantastic place,
the largest technical collection in Europe - that little piece of rock was
always that exhibit, which fascinated me most of all.
...and now, now I'm allowed even to be part of the recovery of stones from
the Moon. An incredible story.

But not so much seems to have changed - my niece has now Earth
Science/Astronomy at school.
So she took there her boxes with the little Martian and Lunar samples, we
craft, and it was a success (such a success, that even the teacher
afterwards wanted such a box).

Well... that btw. is a mighty reason, why I feel so sorry and think that
it's a pity,
that some countries don't want anymore that planetary meteorites are found
on their territory
and that the children won't have such a chance and wonderful possibilities
there, to develop in this way an interest in space and science.
Everyone of you, who held once a meteoritic lesson at school and was looking
in the eyes of the kids,
knows what I'm speaking about.

Best!
Martin


-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: John.L.Cabassi [mailto:John at Cabassi.net]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 19. Mai 2011 05:51
An: 'Martin Altmann'; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Betreff: RE: [meteorite-list] Need Info

G'Day Martin
Hey thanks for your response. Yeah, I tried to check on several sites
and the Smithsonian. There's a couple of images out there that look
similar and I think one actually mentions 60025 but it was a little bit
blurry. Damn, I wish I had have noted the information on this
photograph, but I threw it away in a box and just recently pulled it
out. And as for notes, who knows.

All you guys must think I'm a flake, but I do try to keep track of a lot
of things. This one slipped past me, in fact I didn't even know I had
the photograph until I opened up the package.

But thanks for your help and I'll try to investigate a little bit more.

Cheers
John Cabassi
IMCA # 2125

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Hi John,

Those displays with the clamp with the white plastic caps for Apollo
samples, seem to look everywhere the same. Perhaps you simply ask at the
Smithsonian - because it's given on internet, that they had changed
their lunar rocks display in 1997. Or, good opportunity to remind the
fantastic pictorial atlas of lunar
samples:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/samples/index.shtml#ap11

Where you can click through all lunar samples.
Maybe you find it there.

(To me it looks a little bit similar to rock 60025).

Best!
Martin

(..and if you'll need once such a Moon rock for your desk, you know
where to ask, don't you? ;-)


-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von
John.L.Cabassi
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 19. Mai 2011 04:14
An: 'Meteorite List'
Betreff: [meteorite-list] Need Info

G'Day List
Cleaning house the other day and found a packet of photographs taken
back in 1993 at the Smithsonian. But this is one packet I missed and had
not noted down the information or if I did, CRS has set in. Would like
some help on it.

It is a lunar rock that was displayed at the Smithsonian brought back by
the Apollo mission. Can anybody shine some light on this? Some
information? It would be much appreciated. On or Off List, your choice.

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh149/Johnno_ACH/MoonRock.jpg

Cheers
John Cabassi
IMCA # 2125

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