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Re: Craters On The Earth

Hi Al

Way to go !!


John Blennert

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> From: ALMitt@kconline.com
> To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Craters On The Earth
> Date: Thursday, July 30, 1998 2:40 PM
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I just wanted to share my experiences with you from my last weekend. I
attended 
> the ALCON 98 (Astronomical League Convention) in which Story Musgrave one
of 
> the astronauts who worked on the Hubble repair was a keynote speaker.
> 
> Early on Saturday morning before activities started, Story was out in the

> vendors area looking around and made his way to my set up. He shared with
me 
> his effort to look for craters on the Earth when his spare time permitted
on 
> the space shuttle. It sounded like it was difficult thing to do as they
have 
> other items that have to be done and looking and logging down the
information 
> as to where the crater might be is time consuming. Apparently he and
Eugene 
> Shoemaker had been working on this unofficially and many of Eugene's
trips 
> might have been made in Australia to check out such features before his 
> untimely death.
> 
> I found Story a very charming, intelligent man but very humble. He found
the 
> Gibeon meteorites I had for sale very interesting and he seem to like the
spot 
> in which they were found (Namibia). After talking to him I asked for an 
> autograph and while he was signing a photo of himself I wrapped up a
Gibeon 
> slice for him and presented it to him which he seem quite pleased about.
> 
> Of course with the Hubble working so well after this repair many new
things 
> about the asteroids will be discovered and many other items of a
meteoritical 
> nature will also be solved. Along with this many new questions will have
to be 
> asked and solved.
> 
> 
> --AL
> 
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