[meteorite-list] GCSP meteorite display

From: Linton Rohr <lintonius_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:28:47 -0700
Message-ID: <8CD57B8581494E35BD0A6E0B82D774CF_at_D190TH71>

Yeah Gerald, it was quite the event.
I love showing my collection to anyone who's interested, but this was
something else.
Perhaps next year I can have some astronauts in the crowd. <g>
Thanks for the comments.
Linton

----- Original Message -----
From: "GERALD FLAHERTY" <GRF2 at COMCAST.NET>
To: "Linton Rohr" <lintonius at earthlink.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] GCSP meteorite display


Sounds like an Event Linton! Wish I could have joined the party

On Jun 18, 2010, at 5:07 PM, Linton Rohr wrote:

> Greetings met-list,
> I spent last week at the Grand Canyon Star Party, which ranks right up
> there with the Tucson show as one of the highlights of my year. Saw quite
> a few nice meteors while observing, and took a few boxes of meteorites
> from my collection along to display before dark.
> Halfway through the week, I drove around to the North Rim, where I learned
> they had recruited a couple of NASA engineers to do evening presentations,
> as well as the nightly observing. The following day their boss showed up
> as well. I shouldn't name names, but they're all involved in the
> developement and deployment of nuclear power modules for future Lunar and
> Martian missions.
> The next day turned out to be cloudy, precluding any solar observing at
> the lodge, so I invited some of the astronomers over to my cabin and set
> up my display on the foot of my bed. Next thing I know the NASA guys are
> joining us too, examining specimens with LED headlights and my loupe. They
> especially liked the Lunar and Martian specimens. It was like a bunch of
> kids in a candy store.
> I tried to give a Martian specimen to the project manager the next day,
> out of appreciation for their participation, but he wouldn't take it on
> the basis of being a government employee. I heard they will all be
> returning next year though, and may even get some astronauts to come
> along. Cool.
> A lot of you probably have friends or connections in such positions, but
> as a small time collector, I was downright giddy to have NASA guys
> drooling over my collection. So I just had to share.
> Linton
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Received on Sun 20 Jun 2010 02:28:47 PM PDT