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

From: Meteorite-Hunting.com <contact_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 03 May 2012 18:37:26 -0700
Message-ID: <4FA332D6.10305_at_meteorite-hunting.com>

"...The team will use cameras and binoculars to look for burn patches on
the ground..."

Really? I wonder why they would be looking for burn patches. They're not
referring to burn patches caused by "flaming meteorites". Are they?

"...then direct ground crews to those locations to hunt for meteorite
particles..."

Ummm.

This is just silly.

Regards,
Eric



On 5/3/2012 12:40 PM, Michael Farmer wrote:
> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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 09:37:26 PM PDT