[meteorite-list] Mr. Sterling K. Webb's Mercurian Masterpiece

From: Martin Horejsi <martinh_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:50:29 2004
Message-ID: <B8E99B3D.2D24%martinh_at_isu.edu>

Hello Mark,

I believe we are sending missions to the area. Check the following websites:

http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/

And

http://genesismission.jpl.nasa.gov/


Also, Thanks Bernd! That is exactly the reference I was after.

Cheers,

Martin






On 4/22/02 10:38 AM, "Mark Fox" <unclefireballmtf_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

> April 22, 2002
>
> Greetings Mr. Sterling K. Webb and Fellow Meteorite
> Enthusiasts!
>
> Thank you for that monumental response to my question
> about Mercurian meteorites! I have printed out your
> post for my growing meteorite library, a habit that is
> highly recommended by numismatists as well. Imagine,
> frozen water! Amazing!
>
> But now, after reading your extensive e-mail, I have
> another question. Why aren't we sending more probes
> and the like to Mercury? It seems just as fascinating
> and mysterious as Mars--- not to mention closer too,
> during its greatest distance from Earth. My goodness,
> I even read that when Mariner 10 was flown to study
> the first two inner planets in the mid-1970's, it was
> discovered that by flying near Venus, the spacecraft
> was pulled on by that planet's gravity, thus giving it
> a little "push" as so to speak, which saved on fuel
> and time while it traveled to Mercury.
>
> Long strewn fields!
>
> Mark Fox
> Newaygo, MI USA
>
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Received on Mon 22 Apr 2002 12:49:34 PM PDT