[meteorite-list] Meteorite main mass hunting with a blimp

From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 12:40:47 -0700
Message-ID: <A1C7F603-2B9B-4781-9D4F-6527B93CC37A_at_meteoriteguy.com>

My god, these are the people who can't pay a dime or samples but can piss away our taxpayer money on this? My wife is a pilot, I fly with her often, you can not see a 50 gallon barrel from 500 ft up. Good luck with that plan.
Must be nice to work on the expense account!
Michael Farmer

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On May 3, 2012, at 12:33 PM, "karmaka" <karmaka-meteorites at t-online.de> wrote:

> Watch out for the blimp !
>
> A new way of hunting the Sutter's Mill 'main mass':
>
> " Scientists today are mounting a massive search in the Sierra Nevada foothills for meteorite fragments [...]
> Experts from NASA and the SETI institute are en route to Sacramento this morning aboard a zeppelin provided by Airship Ventures, based at Moffett Field in the Bay Area. They were expected to stop briefly at McClellan Park airfield around 11 a.m., then lift off again to spend the afternoon surveying foothill regions of Placer and El Dorado counties. "
>
> http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/03/4463578/scientists-on-the-hunt-for-meteorite.html
>
> Track the ship here:
>
> http://www.airshipventures.com/about/track-the-ship
>
> GOOD LUCK !!
>
> Martin
>
>
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Received on Thu 03 May 2012 03:40:47 PM PDT