[meteorite-list] Well okay then

[Michael Farmer]

This was some old email that appeared out of nowhere.
Michael Farmer

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Michael


On Jun 10, 2009, at 7:33 PM, Impactika at aol.com wrote:


> Let's be fair,

> One scientist did go to West and more than once:  Dr. Art Ehlmann  

> from TCU.

>

> Anne M. Black

> http://www.impactika.com/

> IMPACTIKA at aol.com

> Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc.

> http://www.imca.cc/

>

>

>

> In a message dated 6/10/2009 3:31:40 PM Mountain Daylight Time,

> meteoriteguy at yahoo.com writes:

> Marc,

> It is just that every newspaper article and every interview usually  

> touches

> on the fact that collectors get all the material and science is left  

> in the

> dark.

> I am proving the point that commercial and private collectors actually

> provide the bulk of the material to science. We have likely  

> recovered over 20

> stones from this fall, thankfully before any precipitation, so  

> almost all

> stones (except the bird crap pieces and the dog-slobber stone) are  

> pristine.

> I rapidly donated a piece I found to TCU, am working on getting some  

> more

> into another major museum collecdti

>

> --- On Wed, 3/4/09, Fries, Marc D <marc.d.fries at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:

>

> From: Fries, Marc D <marc.d.fries at jpl.nasa.gov>

> Subject: [meteorite-list] Well okay then

> To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

> Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 9:59 AM

> Howdy all

>

> I¹ve received a few ...em... ³spirited²

> responses to my last email that

> tell me that it didn¹t exactly read the way I

> intended.  I wasn¹t trying to

> be a hero because I bought a plane ticket, I was trying to

> say that

> traveling on ³your own dime² isn¹t what scientists are

> used to doing.

> Someone had made the comment that there were no scientists

> to be seen at

> West, and I agree that is ridiculous.  Scientists

> travel to Antarctica every

> year to collect meteorites, but no one could be bothered to

> fly to Austin!?

> How many people who spend their lives studying meteorites

> just passed up a

> chance to see an actual, fresh strewn field??  (not to

> mention the kolaches)

> Funny thing is, I was actually agreeing with some of the

> nasty-grams I¹ve

> received.

> Sounds like I touched a nerve.  Can I

> suggest that y¹all spare me the

> wrath, and direct it instead at the scientists who weren¹t

> actually there?

>

> Cheers,

> MDF

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