[meteorite-list] trips to the Moon (Moon bases and meteoriterecovery)

From: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:34:45 -0400
Message-ID: <8CE0424A005B018-2638-26AD9_at_webmail-d128.sysops.aol.com>

Hi Richard,

I think I missed more than that - so what did you mean in the original
post? That a mission there would be a good idea to make new
discoveries? I still don't get it, then, and am very interested in what
you say.

Kindest wishes
Doug


-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Kowalski <damoclid at yahoo.com>
To: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug at aim.com>;
meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tue, Jun 28, 2011 10:59 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] trips to the Moon (Moon bases and
meteoriterecovery)


Doug, I think you missed a key word in my post, "... known ...".

Cheers

?

--
Richard Kowalski
Full Moon Photography
IMCA #1081
----- Original Message -----
From: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug at aim.com>
To: damoclid at yahoo.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Cc:
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] trips to the Moon (Moon bases and
meteoriterecovery)
Richard K says:
"There are no known Earth Trojans."
Hi Richard,
Come on ol' friend, even 2500 years ago Anaxagoras deduced:
"Under the stars are the Sun and Moon, and also certain bodies which 
revolve
with them, but are invisible to us."
and we've observed enough meteorites to vindicate him!
The "invisible" he was talking about refers to them being too small to 
have
enough light to reflect to be seen. What is the median threshold 
resolution we
are talking about nowadays (in mass or diameter) at that distance?
Perhaps the points are not a pocket full of horses, but Chincoteague 
Ponies,
some used, would be a coupe. Regardless, towing an asteroid back to 
earth wasn't
what I had in mind at all. Look, we've even sent Stardust to play 
tennis with
comets, in hope of getting some micron sized particles, while ignoring 
the
voluminous information guaranteed to be on the shelves of these 
libration
libraries, not in mass, but in rubble and dust, a page at a time and
conveniently located.
Best wishes
Doug
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Kowalski <damoclid at yahoo.com>
To: meteorite list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tue, Jun 28, 2011 5:59 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] trips to the Moon (Moon bases and
meteoriterecovery)
?
________________________________
From: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug at aim.com>
To: etmeteorites at hotmail.com; Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] trips to the Moon (Moon bases and
meteoriterecovery)
You want to go the the nearer Lagrangian Points in plain space between 
the Earth
and Moon. That is where the most fascinating stuff is to be found, 
written in
unaltered stone the genesis of the Moon and plenty more debris to keep
scientists and collectors busy and overworked for the nex 10,000 years!
There are no known Earth Trojans.
--
Richard Kowalski
Full Moon Photography
IMCA #1081
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