[meteorite-list] [2] trips to the Moon (Moon bases and meteoriterecovery)

From: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:46:41 -0400
Message-ID: <8CE04264A155EF5-2638-26C6D_at_webmail-d128.sysops.aol.com>

Never mind - the light bulb on my shoulders and brightened up. I said
we would find it written in stone and you said no Trojans were known.
You meant that there is no guarantee we'll find anything there without
bias, right, but my premise assumes that material is there.

Yup, but as missions go, I think it is just about the best risk out
there, and certainly among the cheapest. Besides, a mission there could
serve a dual purpose to evaluate the region for colonization, staging
or to otherwise utilize its unique attributes. After 3.5 billion years
I figure no matter how much the cometary brooms and things have whisked
it out, there is bound to be plenty of dirt behind the refrigerator.

Kindest wishes and thanks
Doug


-----Original Message-----
From: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug at aim.com>
To: damoclid at yahoo.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Tue, Jun 28, 2011 11:34 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] trips to the Moon (Moon bases and
meteoriterecovery)


Hi Richard,?
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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.?
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Kindest wishes?
Doug?
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-----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)?
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Doug, I think you missed a key word in my post, "... known ...".?
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Cheers?
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--?
Richard Kowalski?
Full Moon Photography?
IMCA #1081?
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----- 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)?
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Richard K says:?
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"There are no known Earth Trojans."?
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Hi Richard,?
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Come on ol' friend, even 2500 years ago Anaxagoras deduced:?
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"Under the stars are the Sun and Moon, and also certain bodies which
revolve?
with them, but are invisible to us."?
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and we've observed enough meteorites to vindicate him!?
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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.?
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Best wishes?
Doug?
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-----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)?
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________________________________?
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)?
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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!?
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There are no known Earth Trojans.?
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--?
Richard Kowalski?
Full Moon Photography?
IMCA #1081?
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