[meteorite-list] NPR Science Friday

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:22:45 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <1364696565.37395.YahooMailNeo_at_web122002.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

Meenakshi Wadwha tried to keep the interviewer on topic by focusing on science but he would have nothing to do with it.


Yep, treat an avocation like an Easter Egg hunt and hype the prices like the Antique Roadshow and there has to be some kind of "black market" because it makes the news.? This is the way the media thinks after what has happened with emeralds, diamonds and other treasure.? We can thank Douglas Schmidt for starting it and others who popularized meteorite hunting by attaching ridiculously high price tags to each and every piece in the media to gain a few minutes worth of fame.


Adam





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 From: Count Deiro <countdeiro at earthlink.net>
To: Peter Scherff <PeterScherff at rcn.com>; 'Meteorite List' <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NPR Science Friday
 
Sad day friends,

Just listening to this NPR interview confirms what has happened, and is continuing to happen, to form the public perception of meteorites. The interviewer is a scientific ignoramus and it would take Meenakshi Wadwha hours to bring him to the point of understanding what the real value of meteorites are. She tried to educate this drop out from a GED class as to how man's knowledge of his origins and his future might be developed from her study.

His only interest from the start, was how much money were they worth, which ones were the most valuable, which ones did she value the highest, and where could a person get some. Millions for this and hundreds of thousands for that. And even Meenakshi stumbled when she innocently mentioned "hundreds of thousands a gram". Now this will become truth....watch.

The first interrogation out of this NPR air head, looking for a sensational expose', was to ask Dr. Wadwha to confess to the existence of the "black market" in meteorites. He just knew it existed and laughed at her embarrassment. It made me almost weep in frustration.

What a lovely kettle of fish we have brewed up for ourselves. And those of our community who have done the cooking know who you are and don't say that it isn't so. The talking head on this program didn't make up his embarrassing questions out of thin air. He had heard and read the misinformation that prompted his line of questioning in the world's main stream and cable media and become a true believer.

It ain't never gonna be the same.? ?

Sincerely,

Count Deiro
IMCA 3536?

-----Original Message-----
>From: Peter Scherff <PeterScherff at rcn.com>
>Sent: Mar 30, 2013 3:10 PM
>To: 'Meteorite List' <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>Subject: [meteorite-list] NPR Science Friday
>
>Hi,
>
>Here is a great interview with Meenakshi Wadhwa on NPR's Science Friday
>3/29/13. What a great spokesperson for meteorites.
>http://www.npr.org/2013/03/29/175741697/segment-4?ft=1&f=1007&sc=tw&utm_sour
>ce=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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>Thanks,
>
>Peter
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