Re: Whole Earth and Roamer

From: Eric Chomko (echomko_at__at_polaris.umuc.edu)
Date: 07/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 20:26:38 +0000 (UTC)

Sander Vesik (sander@haldjas.folklore.ee) wrote:
: Old Physics <skearney7@earthlink.net> wrote:
: > > : Applied Space Resources had a plan to return about 10kg of lunar
: > > : material. The target date was for Sep. 2000. Apparently a rock from
: > > : the soviet luna mission of 1970, of about 200 mg, sold for more than
: > > : $400000. At that price, twenty two pounds of rocks would sell for ten
: > > : billion bucks. Samples retrieved from the surface should show the
: > > : characterstic of micrometeorite impacts, from all angles, on the top
: > > : side.
: > >
: > > But you know that with more supply the demand would go down as well giving
: > > cheaper prices. And if it could be done once it could be done again.
: > >
: > > But that doesn't mean that "rock hounds" wouldn't shell out what is needed
: > > to start and maintain a "Lunology" collection of sorts. First the wealthy
: > > and institutions and then the rest of us. :)
: >
: > Actually if the samples are documented right, their value could go
: > up. Even a 0.25 mm spherule would have a pedigree, high resolution
: > micrographs of where it was found and an examination under a SEM once
: > it was returned to earth. The pictures and a serial number could be

: And why do I care about owning a grain of dust with a "pedigree"?

Because it came back on such and such Apollo mission was used for this and
that expirement and was examined by so and so. Why collect anything?

: > put on an international registry that could be accessed over the
: > internet. For many researchers the sample they have been given by
: > NASA is measured in micrograms. Micrometeorite impacts from objects a
: > hundredth the width of a hair, are often seen. This would be
: > virtually impossible to reproduce.
: > Ten kg amounts to more than 100 million spherules. Mounted on a
: > stem and encased in a small optical glass chamber filled with helium,
: > for viewing under a microscope, could maybe sell for 20- 30 dollars.

: why does anybody care about spehrules they have to view with a microscope?
: Even more, why would anybody care for 100 million of them? viewing something
: in a microscope severly limits the science you can do...

: Do you actually know how many people own a microscope?

Heck with papers who needs a microscope?

Eric

: --
: Sander

: +++ Out of cheese error +++

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