[meteorite-list] Meteorite main mass hunting with a blimp
From: Richard Montgomery <rickmont_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 07:57:51 -0700 Message-ID: <B00DD199A444441180EACA36B78AB78D_at_bosoheadPC> Hi again List...we're expecting 25mph winds starting this afternoon through the weekend. ----- Original Message ----- From: "MexicoDoug" <mexicodoug at aim.com> To: <mike at meteoriteguy.com>; <karmaka-meteorites at t-online.de> Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 6:17 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite main mass hunting with a blimp > Sounds to me more like a publicity stunt from the blimp company, offered > to scientists "free" for publicity they can get for their blimp rides. > Pretty good marketing on the company's part, IMO. As for scientists, > pretty sure they are going for free, just their fixed overhead expense > will be lost to the government, their grant, private company or whatever > combination they work under. Surely they told their bosses they would do > it on a weekend, or work the weekend to make it up, it's all funny money > anyway and anyways, in their business and all of government in general > "Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.", so > nothing really lost and they will love their jobs more. Who among us > wouldn't go in a heartbeat, come'on. > > Anyway if they follow the estimate trajectory line they conceivably might > see something from a different perspective, like Tunguska :-P, but it > really sounds more like they are goofing off. Well, they have the chance > to get the last laugh. > > Scientists routinely use expensive fitted jets to stay aloft many hours > during meteor showers just to get better sampling of the action from the > higher altitude. I can see where one idea led to another. At least Sky > Adventures or whatever it's called will see a spike of business. > > Best wishes > Doug > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com> > To: karmaka <karmaka-meteorites at t-online.de> > Cc: met-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> > Sent: Thu, May 3, 2012 8:09 pm > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite main mass hunting with a blimp > > > 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 >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> Postfach fast voll? Jetzt kostenlos E-Mail Adresse _at_t-online.de > sichern und > endlich Platz f?r tausende Mails haben. >> http://www.t-online.de/email-kostenlos >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > Received on Fri 04 May 2012 10:57:51 AM PDT |
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