I write this to try to teach the younger generation to not swallow without chewing enough.
This is one of those stories that people don’t like to read if they never want to admit they have ever been deceived, and they do not want to accept it because it would make them feel like fools, and this makes me remember the history of Santa Claus.
My parents raised me with the belief that Santa would bring gifts.
Until one time when I turned 12 years old...my father told me the truth and gave me the gifts that He had bought for me.- At that time, I felt something rare... but...actually I had already begun to suspect.
Then the lack of maturity, or perhaps the desire to feel like an adult gave me the desire to share the information that I had received with smaller boys and then to my surprise and satisfaction I saw that some did not want to believe what I was saying .-
Now I am aware, really: "Nobody is blinder than he who will not see."
The innocence in a child is beautiful, but in an adult is just ugly ignorance...and that reminds me: 'Youth is a disease that is cured with the years...but some people do not heal ever because...or are so stupid that definitely they can not be cured"(I hope some young genius no be offended.)
Before you go ahead reading please keep in mind that: 'The reality goes far beyond any imagination.'
Well, it was the year 1973 when I lived in Bogota, (Col.). I made a trip to my hometown , Barranquilla; city that fate wanted me to leave. "Of course I wanted to visit all my relatives and friends. While in the the house of a friend in the neighborhood of The Carmen, I saw on the table in the middle of lounge, a dark gray stone, which I found to be very ugly and as a good friend I made the following observation: 'Hey, why don’t you throw away that ugly stone?'
SHE: Man, that's a rock brought back by astronauts.
I: And, where the hell would you get a moon rock?
SHE: When I worked in Caracas (Venezuela.) in a family's house. They had a
stone bigger than that on a table lounge, and when I asked the
lady if I could throw it away, she replied that it was a Moon-rock
that was given to her husband when he worked with the government.
I: Why can you give me a piece?
SHE: If you can brake it...is very hard.
Then I took the stone in my hands and went outside to the driveway and I threw the stone against the floor...It finally broke. I took a
piece and returned the bigger rock back to my friend.
(At this point in history I should remember the following about that time:
The war in Vietnam.
We did not have the Internet.
The scientific and technological development was ... in the 70's.
The use of electron microscopes was not widespread.
I imagine that in some cases, as occurred with the sample that arrived at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogota; the sample after having been reduced to dust and 'analyzed and studied' was to end up in ...the sink.
AND VERY IMPORT:
On the other hand, as it’s logical, after the first two moon- landings, which took place in a very short interval: July 29/69, Apollo 11 and Nov.14/69, the Apollo 12; less than four months. "Everybody, but more in the E.U. and especially in NASA, it was thought we could go to the moon when we wanted.
It is not difficult to understand that in those years the value of lunar rocks was very relative, even for NASA, who gave a somewhat neglected management.
'Bringing samples back from the moon wasn't the point of the mission,' "says R. Korotev. "
NASA handling without careful LR relatively large as they were pickup on the surface of the moon.
For a person who is not a collector, they were nothing but a piece of rock same to those found anywhere on Earth.
The first warning on the value (and not precisely scientific) that NASA received, was the desire of collectors of ownership; even if it was a tiny piece of one of those stones. (Not a Lunar Meteorite, as some people say.)
Then, space travel became more expensive and money began to be scarce.
Well let's continue with the story.
When I returned to Bogota, I saved the stone in a drawer of my desk, and it remained stored there.
In the holidays of 1996, like around 12/Dec at night, when I was reading a Spanish magazine of name 'Enigma', I found a Flash news
titled "Steal the Moon ". 'It said that in NY two men had been captured trying to enter a house to steal some small samples of RL.-The news added that in the world only three small fragments weighing 0.2 g had been auctioned in 1993, and they were sold by U.S.D. $ 442,500.- Here it also said that these small samples had been brought to Earth by the Russian Mission 'Luna 16' en September 12/70.
{PAY ATTENTION TO THIS QUESTION: Why couldn’t samples have been brought by the Americans ?
ANSWER: Because they SHOULDN'T BE American samples.}
This was the only publicly auction of Russian Moon-rock; since then someone with a lot of power moved its influence to prevent this from happening again.
Read what the 'Director of Natural History' of a major auction house says:
" I can not sell a moon rock, claiming that it is a moon rock, if there is nothing to back it up, no scientific study or data supporting the claim." (This is OK)
"You need to understand that I have been involved with a few Apollo Mission moon rocks and I know what I can and can’t do.
Even though there are no laws in place to cover this, NASA and the U.S. Government will do everything that they can to investigate and discredit any sale.
Sorry, but without the blessing of the Smithsonian Institute (They are the keepers of all the Apollo Mission specimens which are still in the U.S. inventory) no one can really help you."
Well, I return to the story .- NOW ,I am aware of the value of my 'souvenir'.
And began my Odyssey .- (I've always been crazy, and I'm a bit old ... but I'M NOT STUPID ... although YES I am a bit innocent, as to rely on the 'integrity' of people...but I learn fast.)
As is only logical, the first thing to do is demonstrate that what you have is genuine.
After measuring the density, and in order to know if its Chemical Composition is equal to any of the pieces 2415 that NASA says, were the only ones brought by the astronauts.-(NASA says the APOLLO 11 MISSION only brought 22 Kilos which contained two types of rocks: BASALTS coming from lava solidified and BRECCIAS, which are rocks composed of fragments of old rocks. "And APOLLO 12 MISSION brought 34 Kilos of samples that included up to 40 centimeters below the flooring.)
I repeat 'this is what NASA says'.
Note that although the surface of the moon looks like a Gruyere cheese by the constant bombardment of meteorites, nowhere it’s said specifically, as it is logical, that between the samples included 'SOME METEORITES'."
And, as a collector of meteorites says : "A meteorite is like a box of chocolates...you never know what you will find. "
Well at this stage of the ride we have to go to the people who 'know'.(Have knowledge...?)
When we analyze the Chemical Composition in Colombia with the electron microscope in The Institute of Mines 'Agustin Codazzi', took some interesting pictures of something that looked like a microfossils, but 100 times bigger than the ones showed into the meteorite ALH 84001 and I thought by sending the test results and photos may be of interest to NASA.
I had previously sent the scan results and SEM photographs to Stella Luna from NASA, and I also told him that the sample I had belonged to one of the rocks given away to Venezuela. I had written to Ambassador of Venezuela in Colombia and never received any answer. I had spoken with the FBI putting them in knowing of what had in my possession. They replied that they had nothing to do with RL issues and for those issues I was to get in touch with NASA. Time passed and Ms. Stella Luna never replied to me (later also I would contact the Smithsonian and the OIG with the same result).
Then I contact Stella Luna at NASA again to put her on notice about what I had sent and she said that these rocks (Venezuela's) had was stolen , and I thought that she was indirectly accusing me of it.
Then it occurred to me that people at NASA’s curation could easily recognize those rocks, so I decided to send a small sample to Judy Allton NASA's Curation Office at the JSC.
Very kindly she replied:
REF: Sample Moon rock?
From: Allton, Judith H. (JSC-KT) (judith.h.allton@nasa.gov)
Sent: Mon 1/14/08 10:46 PM
To: rafael navarro (rafa_nava_rado@hotmail.com)
Cc: Lofgren, Gary E. (JSC-KT) (gary.e.lofgren@nasa.gov)
Dear Mr. Navarro,
Thank you for your interest in lunar rocks. We received your package about the time that I returned a call to Martha Hendrix on December 21, 2007. Ms. Hendrix had called on your behalf. I asked her to let you know that we had received the package and that we would be looking at your 2-3 mm specimen in January. Dr. Gary Lofgren, the Lunar Sample Curator has now examined at the sample and, in his opinion, your sample is not a Moon rock. We will be returning your specimen to the address on your envelope: Rafael Navarro, 2330 SW 2nd St., Miami, FL 33135.
Inside the package will be a letter explaining in more detail Dr. Lofgren's conclusions.
Sincerely,
Judy Allton
Judith H. Allton
Genesis Solar Wind Sample Curator
Mail Code KT
Johnson Space Center
2101 NASA Parkway
Houston , TX 77058
281-483-5766 voice
281-483-5347 fax
judith.h.allton@nasa.gov
The final part of my answer said : I am anxiously awaiting the conclusions of Dr. Logren, and I hope you can please inform me about the Windmanstatten pattern, the density, regolith, spherulas, pre-solar grains, fusion crust ?, dating, etc. In the past, NASA made efforts to retrieve even smaller pieces than the one I sent you (Operation Lunar Eclipse).
That is why I would like to know your opinion (which is the opinion of NASA) before I send you another small piece that, in my humble opinion shows something interesting for study . But you tell me my sample is not a lunar rock and that you will send it back. I want to ask your forgiveness for wasting your time, and tell you that your conclusions will be very much appreciated by us, and that we will keep trying to decipher what it is, and how a piece of rock got to Earth that is over 4- billions-year-old, does not present a fusion crust, the regolith, looks lunar, and presents the Windmanstatten structure.
Sincerely,
Rafael
As the letter with the return of the sample did not come, I wrote again.
From: rafael navarro [mailto:rafa_nava_rado@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 10:05 PM
To: Allton, Judith H. (JSC-KT)
Subject: New address
Dear Mrs. Allton, I am writing to you to see if you received my last E-mail "Rafael's conclusion" , also to inform you of my new address due to the fact that I have not received the answers you offered me. Thank you for your time. Rafael Navarro,774
SW 47 Ave. Apt. # 3 Miami,Fl.,33134
Regards,
Rafael
She replied:
REF: New address
From: Allton, Judith H. (JSC-KT) (judith.h.allton@nasa.gov)
Sent: Tue 3/18/08 2:18 PM
To: rafael navarro (rafa_nava_rado@hotmail.com)
Thank you for your address update.
Judy Allton
As the letter with the return of the sample not arrived , I hire a lawyer to find out what happened.
Then I received this response:
Package shipped
From: Allton, Judith H. (JSC-KT) (judith.h.allton@nasa.gov)
Sent: Fri 4/11/08 7:10 PM
To: rafael navarro (rafa_nava_rado@hotmail.com)
Cc: Lofgren, Gary E. (JSC-KT) (gary.e.lofgren@nasa.gov)
We are returning your specimen by Fed Ex Express service. It is scheduled to be delivered Monday, April 14, 2008. Someone
will need to sign for the package. The tracking number is 7918 8315 6512. We provided to FedEx the telephone number of Annabelle Sanchez: XXX XXX XXXX. They should call her if there is a problem with delivery. You may want to monitor its progress.
Please send me an e-mail on Monday saying whether or not you received the package. There is a letter inside.
You know a lot about the history of lunar samples, and we wish you the best in your continued studies.
Sincerely,
Judy Allton
Judith H. Allton
Genesis Solar Wind Sample Curator
Mail Code KT
Johnson Space Center
2101 NASA Parkway
Houston , TX 77058
Johnson Space Center
2101 NASA Parkway
Houston , TX 77058
281-483-5766 voice
281-483-5347 fax
judith.h.allton@nasa.gov
Finally the envelope with the sample arrived, and it came in a letter which said:
Dear Mr. Navarro:
We are returning the small specimen (3x2 mm) that you sent to us in late December 2008. Dr. Gary E Lofgren, Lunar Sample Curator, examined the sample on January 14,2008 and his observations are:
"I examined the small piece of material you sent to us we received on December 21, 2008.
The particle was examined with a binocular microscope at magnifications ut to 200 times.
The particle has a metallic luster and appear to be a piece of a mineral. I cannot be sure if more than one mineral is present.
This particle does not resemble any lunar material , and I can say with confidence that it is not a piece of an Apollo Lunar Sample.
An accurate determination of what the particle is would require semi-destructive testing.
thank you for your interest in lunar samples.
Sincerely,
Judith H Allton
Genesis Solar Wind Sample Curator
Astromaterial Acquisition and Curation Office
Gary E. Lofgren,PH.D.
Lunar Sample Curator
Astromaterial Acquisition and Curation Office
Enclosure: 1 Specimen
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And here ended my attempt with NASA's Astromaterial Acquisition and Curation Office, and I'm still wondering: Why did it take NASA less than four months preparing for the return to the moon, and it took them 3 months to return to me a piece of rock which had no scientific interest and I had to request it through a lawyer?
As I had promised Mrs. Allton, I had to keep trying to get evidence.
I had to go to another source of information among those who 'know' about these things.
CHAPTER 2.-KOROTEV.
(When I went to Randy Korotev, I did not know anything about his sad history.)
SEE: http://www.bccmeteorites.com/misconduct-planetary.html/
Guys, here is another lesson to learn: "One is master of those who keep quiet and slave of those who talk."
"Bringing samples back from the moon wasn't the point of the mission, says Korotev".
"We didn't go to the moon to collect rocks, so we scientists are really lucky that we have this collection.” says Korotev.
(Need to cite this story in your essay, paper, or report? Use one of the following formats:
APA
Washington University in St. Louis (2009, July 18). Apollo 11 Moon Rocks Still Crucial 40 Years Later, Say Researchers.
ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 30, 2010, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2009/07/090717150254.htm
Note: If no author is given, the source is cited instead.)
Although R. KOROTEV doesn’t say everything, he knows about the LR (and neither does NASA); what he says serves our purpose.
"For several reasons, we know that the LUNAR METEORITES derive from many different impacts on the Moon. The textural and compositional variety spans, and in some ways exceeds, that of rocks collected on the six Apollo missions, so the meteorites must come from various locations. More importantly, it is possible to determine how long ago a rock left the Moon using cosmic-ray exposure ages. Small rocks on the surface of the Moon and in orbit around the Sun or Earth are exposed to cosmic rays. The cosmic rays are so energetic that they cause nuclear reactions in the meteoroids that change one nuclide (isotope) into another. Some of those nuclides produced are radioactive. As soon as they fall to Earth, production stops because the Earth’s atmosphere absorbs nearly all cosmic rays. The radionuclides decay on Earth with no further production. The most well-know such isotope is 14C (carbon 14), which is produced from oxygen atoms in the meteoroid. Other important radionuclides produced by cosmic-ray exposure are 10Be, 26Al, 36Cl, and 41Ca. Because the various radionuclides all have different half-lives, it is often possible to tell how long a rock was exposed on or near the surface of the Moon, how long it took to travel to Earth, and how long ago it fell. For example, cosmic-ray exposure data for Kalahari 008/009 suggest that the meteorite left the Moon only a few hundred years ago. At the other extreme, Dhofar 025 took 13-20 million years to get here (Nishiizumi & Caffee, 2001). Because there is a wide range in the Earth-Moon transit times, we know that many impacts on the Moon were required to launch the lunar meteorites."
Now let's see what KOROTEV said about the other meteorites. Pay much attention to the fact that these studies in no way exclude the existence of so called “anomalous meteorites“.
Please see: 'Chemical Composition of Meteorites' on http://meteorites.wustl.edu/metcomp/index.htm
So, I got a Chemical analysis by ' Actlabs' and I sent it to KOROTEV, who responded :
I am a lunar geochemist not a geologist, so if your rock is not a meteorite, I'm not going to be able to tell you what it really is. When I do make such guesses, I'm usually wrong.
Your sample is a piece of iron metal, but it is not a meteorite. In iron meteorites the concentration of Ni (nickel)is;40,000 ppm and the concentration of Co (cobalt) is ;2000 ppm. In your sample Ni is ;20 ppm and Co is <1 ppm.
That means that it is man made metal.
Sincerely,
Randy Korotev
To this I answered:
Miami,7 May 2009.
Dear Dr.
Randy Korotev.
Patience and humility are virtues more difficult to acquire; thanks for your help.- WAS IT YOU WHO WROTE IT ? "If I wanted to find a Lunar Meteorite myself, I would not scour the Mojave Desert.
I didn't look through rock collections at colleges and universities. It's not unreasonable that a Lunar Meteorite exists in a old drawer somewhere because a sharp-eyed geology student or professor found a funny-looking rock years ago in a place it didn't belong. It would not surprise me to learn that some 'expert' proclaimed that it was not a meteorite because it didn't look like an ordinary Chondrite, it wasn't magnetic or it didn't contain a high concentration of Nickel.-
Both visually and compositionally, lunar meteorite 'look' more like terrestrial (Earth) rock than 'normal' meteorites (Ordinary chondrites).-I would be easy to overlook a lunar meteorite. A weathered Lunar Meteorite would look remarkably Unremarkable."
For that, put the sample under a microscope;...then tell me again "That means that is a man-made metal". I hope to see the sample in " A photogallery of Meteorwrong ".
WELL HERE IT IS :
No, fusion crust .
Yes, Regolith.
Yes, Widmansttaten pattern.
Density, O.K. for extraterrestrial material.
Magnetism: Low.
Veins of metal: Yes.
Ni; 20 ppm :But " SOME OF THE RARER TYPES OF METEORITES ( Lunar, Martian, eucrites;botton),however,DO NOT HAVE HIGH CONCENTRATION OF Ni".-(Chemical composition of Meteorite. R. Korotev.) .
As ; 5 ppm., Inside of ratio.
SiO2 : 1.56 % But "THE LOW SiO2 Chondrites, are all Chondrites Carbonaceous". (Korotev).
CaO/Al2O3:I think that within ratio; but "terrestrial rock tyend to have lower CaO/Al2O3 than meteorites.
MgOFe2O3: Among meteorites,MgO necesarely increase with Fe2O3 + MgO.
"The ratio of Magnesium to Iron does not vary greatly among most kinds of stony meteorites rock with MgO/Fe2O3;0.2 or 6; are not meteorites." (Korotev)
Na2O and K20 : Inside of ratio.
Cr; 20 ppm.
La : 1.8 ppm Incompatible element tend to be in higher concentration in Earth rock than in meteorite. Among meteorites only same from the Moon have concentration in the range of typical terrestrial igneous rock.(Korotev)
Sincerely,
R. Navarro
The good Randy gave me back the sample that I sent him, without saying a word. (At least he did not want to keep it, like other people.)
I was getting tired of receiving answers like: "Sorry, but without the blessing of the Smithsonian Institute (They are the keepers of all the Apollo Mission specimens which are still in the U.S. inventory) no one can really help you."
DEFINITELY for Meteorites to be accepted by scientist they SHOULD have fusion crust ! Or it should be seen falling, or picked up in Alaska..."But I knew where the rock I had in my possession came from."
As I said earlier I knew that NASA had given away LR without having them studied or classified. (And Korotev known about this issue.)
I wrote to the Library of Congress to see if they had any information. "And they responded that the only information they had
was published by the news. (Even the UK news papers.)
CHAPTER 3
Let's continue with other actor in the film designed to perpetuate the myth of the LR.
OUR HERO: JOSEPH RICHARD GUTHEINZ,JR., who Led the operation "LUNAR ECLIPSE" launched by NASA to retrieve samples of LR; brought to Earth by our brave astronauts and now in the hands of unworthy merchants, thieves, ex-presidents, ex-dictators, collectors, etc.
(Acerbate patriotic sentiment to these stupid people and they will help us not to know that mistakes were made, and then make them feel fear and when they hear something about the LR associated with some prohibition and thus will not be for public light; those rocks that there could be rolling.-Machiavelli could not do it better.)
{Now remember that in Colombia, President Pastrana (Father) took one from the Government House when his term ended but Congress forced him to return it.}
I have nothing against Mr. Gutheinz. He was assigned to the work, and I think he did the best he could.
I do not want to keep talking about the issue that NASA gave away samples of lunar rocks from Apollo ll without examining them, or categorizing, and even without knowing how many they gave away .
Now read the content "between the lines" of some news that refer to lunar rocks.
In 1998 NASA launched the "Operation Lunar Eclipse", supposedly to retrieve Moon rocks. "But which Moon rocks? Those that "they lost" innocently without studying or classifying, or "dust" of 0.05 grams ;sufficiently studied, classified and which they still have enough? (The chondrite labeled with the # 70017)
Only the silly believe it. But I know that through Courts some samples have been recovered, without making much noise, and 'legally'.
As a curious note now I know that Joseph Richard Gutheinz, Jr. (who led the operation , and humbly acknowledged in the past that he did not know that the Russians had also brought RL .) is also now an expert on lunar rocks. In "Collect Space" he writes: "These lunar samples are each so unique that from simple tests they can be identified not only as lunar in nature, but the location from the sample were taken which can also be determined. "- I do not know because all the experts say otherwise but I sense that the illustrious hero, who recovered the Moon rock of Honduras, had not read anything written by Dr. Randy Korotev.
Very well Richard, I hope that now that you are retired and enjoying a good pension, you have time to read more.
THE TRUTH
It happens that NASA wants to make people believe that they always had special care and a good control on the LR.
NASA has long tried to hide the delivery of the LR of the Apollo 11 mission. But why?...Because they were distributed without being properly classified and studied.
The second delivery (lunar rocks from Apollo 17)was agreed to March 21, 1973, at a ceremony very well organized, which was given considerable publicity. It was meant to try to hide underneath the delivery from rocks APOLLO 11.-NASA prefers that these samples be lost in anonymity, rather than accept that this is true.-The deception has a long time to now take reverse.
Summing up the case: All the goodwill moon rocks that were delivered on March 21/73 were part of one sample. They were distinguished with the # 70017;"Each presentation included 0.05 grams of "dust" (encased in lucite) retrieved by the Apollo 17 astronauts, as well as a flag of the recipient nation carried aboard the mission."(Collect Space)
But, not all the rocks that were delivered on Nov./69 were "dust" of 0.05 grams, or were "encased in Lucite."
For so long of a time the conspiracy worked. "They created and create misinformation and people seemed to have forgotten the delivery of the APOLLO 11 LUNAR ROCKS.-And if any of those rock appeared, the conspirators would only say: "This is NOT A MOON ROCK." (If you do not want to depend on what others know: YOU SHOULD LEARN !)
FOR 40 YEARS NASA ATTEMPT TO HIDE THIS NEWS, NOW PUBLISHED BY AP.
"NASA turned over the samples to the State Department to distribute," SAID Jennifer Ross-Nazzal, a NASA historian, in an e-mailed response to questions. "We don't have any records about when and to whom the rocks were given."
"The Office of the Historian does not keep records of what became of the moon rocks, and to my knowledge, there is no one entity that does so," emailed Tiffany Hamelin, the State Department historian."
(I fear for the future of Jennifer Ross-Nazzal and Tiffany Hamelin.)
But still it comes to creating misinformation; for example, the news says :
"Apollo 11 gift rocks typically weigh just 0.05 grams, scarcely more than a grain of rice. The Apollo 17 gift rocks weigh about 1.1 grams. Both are encased in plastic globes to protect them and ease view in"
And that's not true ; as I said above , the rocks were relatively large ;I know, because over 30 years ago , I had my hands on a piece of the one delivered to Venezuela, and weighed over 200 grams , and was a piece that someone removed of a biggest.
Personally I am very satisfied, but I know that NASA will not fail to create misinformation (for this they are other experts) with respect to these samples, although fortunately I don't depend on NASA or Smithsonian Museum to validate their authenticity.
Although quote to "Ike”
“Today” Eisenhower noted, “the solitary inventor tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed for task forces of scientist on laboratories and testing fields...a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity. The prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment project allocation and the power of the money is ever present...”
On the other hand, if they mean that this sample is from Russia or came here in a spaceship...it's not my problem. You can believe it what you want,but the evidence is there.
Lastly, it's really important that people know the truth.
An administration that chooses to hide these very human 'small errors', perhaps for fear to be discredited, does not hesitate to do it when he has to face great loss not only of money but also of human lives.
An administration that chooses to hide these very human 'small errors', perhaps for fear to be discredited, does not hesitate to do it when he has to face great loss not only of money but also of human lives.
On the other hand the sample that I have is unique. You can not match up with any of the others that NASA has or with any other meteorite known so far.
In all human societies, those is in power always try by all means at its disposal, to drive the opinion of ordinary people, neglecting the ethical and moral principles. The only thing that matters is staying in power.- But someone in NASA forgot that:
"No one can fool all persons, all at the time" and "The truth will shine above all the lies."(Gandhi)
Money is important, but more important to me is the satisfaction of uncovering the manipulations from an immoral mind in NASA that wanted to hide the mistake, forgetting that: "There is nothing hidden that will not go to be revealed "(even 40 years later).
Well folks, I repeat: don't swallow without before chewing well (no matter who says it.), and to meteorite collectors: I hope you do not die of envy.
Also you know that, 'meteorites' will keep falling but LR from FIRST TIME, CAN NOT BE NEVER EVER.
I always wanted to deliver at no cost a portion of this rock to be studied; I know the great difficulties to get these samples but some scientists ceased to consider that although the chances are few, the possibilities are endless.
(Remember... 'The reality goes Far Beyond Any imagination...or not ?")
I can not conclude this article without expressing my gratitude to the following people, without which no could have written:
Embassy of Venezuela in Colombia.
Royal Academy of Sciences (UK)
The FBI
Stella Luna (NASA)
Robert Pearlmant (Collect Space)
spaceflori.com
meteorlab.com
Randy Korotev
Judith H. Allton (NASA)
Gary E. Lofgren (NASA)
Gerardo Reyes ( greyes@herald.com)
Caroline Smith (caroline.smith@nhm.ac.uk)
Matthieu Gounelle (gounelle@mnhn.fr) (MM-40)
Robert A. Haag
Herskowitz, David
Claudia Florian
Joseph Richard Gutheinz, Jr. (jgutheinz@sbcglobal.net)
OIG (NASA)
Library of Congress USA
Smithsonian Museums
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com (Michael Blood and Art.)
Sincerely,
Rafael Navarro
P.D.- Finally, meteorites are very different in appearance from the Apollo lunar samples.-Samples brought back from the moon have very small pits on the surface.-These so-called "zap pits" are caused by micrometeoroid impacts and are generally only visible under a microscope. But they are completely absent from recovered lunar meteorites because the outer layers have been burned away by passage through the earth's atmosphere.
There are other surface features particular to moon rocks.-The outer layer is rich in helium-3, an isotope difficult and expensive to acquire on earth. It also shows interaction with the solar wind, which contains exotic elements not found on earth. If the outer layer of the meteorite is chipped off to remove the evidence of passage through earth's atmosphere, all the rich evidence of presence on the lunar surface is lost too.
Also: THE REGOLITH ,and finally PRE-SOLAR (Nano-diamantes) grains are only preserved in chondrite meteorites, which have suffered little processing after they originally formed.
