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Meteorite Hunter Michael Casper
May 05 2000 11:00:53 ET
Michael Casper sold his restaurant 5 years ago and sunk all his money into meteorites. He sold all those and spent everything again on more meteorites. Now Casper sells $1 million worth of meteorites each year, which may give him more sales than anybody in the business. |
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High Dollar Space Rocks Inspire Wonder, Devoted Collectors
May 05 2000 11:00:26 ET
A piece of the Los Angeles meteorite -- the 15th meteorite known to have originated on the surface of Mars -- has been sold for a price one of the buyers describes as "well into six figures." Although the deal put the bulk of the highly sought rock in the hands of two professional meteorite dealers, those dealers have been working to distribute most of the material to museums and institutions around the world for scientific study. |
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 | Author of Stellar Atlas Dies
Apr 24 2000 16:17:19 ET |  |
 | Moonstruck: A New Route to Mars
Apr 24 2000 06:27:21 ET |
| A 92-year-old Ohio State University astronomer who claimed to be the longest-publishing in his field and was known for publishing a premier atlas of stellar spectra "signatures" has died. | The only scientist to explore the lunar surface believes the best way to get humans to Mars is to first send them back to the moon. |
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