[meteorite-list] Provenance of Universities' Material

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:58:58 -0600
Message-ID: <1BF4420AA57A45D2847A09D06E4278F1_at_ATARIENGINE2>

Adam, List,

100 years from now, we'll be de-orbiting
asteroids and moving them into HEO (high
Earth Orbit) to chew them up as a resource.

300 years from now, we be in the Zone,
dismantling them there, surveying, sampling,
coring, lasering... Contaminating. Every
REALLY fresh meteorite currently found
on Earth now should be curated en vacuo
and handled in a reasonably sterile lab
manner for the next half-millennium.

Why? Because in 500 years, untouched
asteroids will become contact-prohibited
quarantined nature preserves.

Of course, not going to happen... unless
a university does it with select specimens.


Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
To: "Adam" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Provenance of Universities' Material


Hopefully the scientists and curators of the future will be more sample
oriented. A meteorite from the asteroid belt, Mars,the Moon or any other
yet to be proven locations doesn't care where it lands. A hundred years
from now, future stewards of the stones may ask" what the hell were they
thinking back then?"

Best Regards,

Adam
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