[meteorite-list] (OFFLIST) - Re: Famous Dave

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:19:38 -0500
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW8z5sFwTjLZXEbfnzYDm==f0DjAvQfq8_2_mXbbXkrM1Q_at_mail.gmail.com>

I love your way of off-handedly giving out the medicine when it is needed. LOL.

I would have ranted at him and made a jackass of myself in the
process. You got the mission done with delicacy and measured means.
Well done sir. ;)

Best regards,

MikeG



On 2/19/13, Kevin Kichinka <marsrox at gmail.com> wrote:
> Team Meteorite:
>
> I follow the list through the archives, so perhaps the link below has
> already been posted.
>
> Our friend and team memeber Dave Gheesling just enjoyed his 'fifteen
> minutes of fame'- well, probably 15 seconds anyway- on the American
> NBC Nightly News last night which is watched by millions around the
> world. He represented us well.
>
> As we've all noted watching the media attempt to describe the event in
> Russia, they struggle to differentiate between meteors, meteorites,
> bolides, fireballs and meteorite showers. And again, there is the buzz
> of value $$ factor, "A piece of the meteorite is said to be worth
> $10,000!" is proclaimed without suggesting how large a piece that
> might be. The public doesn't know a chondrite from a chondrule but
> they sure know what that rock is worth!
>
> I second a comment made by Mike Farmer during his interview with
> National Geographic linked by another listee, that if any of us ever
> get a chance to appear on the news, we de-emphasize the monetary part
> of the hobby, and re-emphasize the scientific part.
>
> Here's Dave on TV, and I watched it on cable from my home in Costa Rica!
>
> http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/50851327#50851327
>
> >From Nine Degrees North....
>
> Kevin Kichinka
> Rio de Oro, Santa Ana, Costa Rica
> www.theartofcollectingmeteorites.com
> The Global Meteorite Price Report - 2013
> MARSROX at gmail.com
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