[meteorite-list] Sutter's Mill slices question, Impact Melt?

From: Jeff Grossman <jngrossman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 16:02:49 -0400
Message-ID: <4FB55969.6070800_at_gmail.com>

I can't say when the bulletin announcement may come, only that we try to
get these kinds of falls announced as soon as we possibly can. I expect
this one to follow suit.

Jeff

On 5/17/2012 3:45 PM, meteorhntr at aol.com wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> Of course there are no "Laws" only it seems like people almost act like there are such restrictions. I should have put the little quotes around the word the first time.
>
> Of course there are financial reasons why hunters want to keep some info private at times, for financial reasonsm. And there are probably financial reasons why researchers don't want to invest time and money into researching something only to have some unethical researcher scoop credit or grant money from them if they let info out of the bag too early.
>
> Still, it would be nice if that information would be free to everyone as it arrives. Probably ain't gonna happen, but it would still be great wouldn't it?
>
> This is super news that a Metbull classification is coming real soon. Do you have any idea when that might happen?
>
> By the way, this is FAR better than having to wait a year or longer like in years gone by. It is a wonderful time we live in.
>
> Steve Arnold
> Host of Meteorite Men
> ------Original Message------
> From: Jeff Grossman
> To: MeteorHntr at aol.com
> Cc: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Sutter's Mill slices question, Impact Melt?
> Sent: May 17, 2012 2:30 PM
>
> I'm not sure what you're referring to with this statement... an entry in
> MetBull will probably be published very soon. After that, there are no
> Meteoritical Society bylaws or anything else concerning the release of
> information. Of course, some authors may not release all of his/her
> data until such time that they don't get "scooped" on their research,
> and journals like Science and Nature have embargoes of articles prior to
> publication. But MetSoc does not stand in the way of release of
> information to the public in any way... in fact, it promotes the
> dissemination of information, e.g., by sponsoring meetings and workshops.
>
> Jeff
>
> On 5/17/2012 2:19 PM, meteorhntr at aol.com wrote:
>> I suppose in 2 years or so, when the papers are published, and this gets named and classified, we will all start to appreciate what we have here.
>>
>> It is a bit unfortunate that meteoritical laws require that information not be made public until after the papers are peer reviewed, presented and published.
>
>
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Received on Thu 17 May 2012 04:02:49 PM PDT