| Description | Apollo 11 sample analysis correspondence, with general correspondence from NASA to principle investigators, and correspondence about the upcoming requirements for Apollo 12 samples.
Includes letter from Professor Samuel Tolansky to Geoffrey Eglinton in December 1969 requesting he read Tolansky's paper at the conference in Houston [the first conference reporting lunar sample analysis findings from Apollo 11 was 5-8 January 1970]. He reports finding spherules and cylinders in his sample, and following the letter there are 13 images mounted on cards that include spherules and cylinders. Also included is a photocopy of a letter from 'Nature' Vol. 245, titled 'Formation of lunar carbide from lunar iron silicates' by C.T. Pillinger, B.D. Batts, G. Eglinton, A.P. Gowar, A.J.T. Jull, J.R. Maxwell from 1973. This is an outlying date, all other records are from 1969.
Correspondents:
Mr H.C. Butterfield, University of Bristol
Dr Geoffrey Eglinton, University of Bristol
John E. Naugle, NASA
Dr B.E. Pressey, Science Research Council
Arnold W. Frutkin, NASA
Daniel H. Anderson, NASA
Dr J.A. Bastin, Queen Mary College
Dr Wendell. W. Mendell
Dr J. Isard, University of Sheffield
J.E.T. Horne, Institute of Geological Sciences
Dr Daniel H. Anderson, NASA
Dr J.H. Scoon, Cambridge University
Dr A.J. Calio, NASA
J.E. Geake, Obervatoire De Paris
A.A. Smales, Atomic Energy Research Establishment
Dr S. K. Runcorn, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Professor S. Tolansky, Royal Holloway College
J. A. Edington, Queen Mary College
Dr Stuart. O. Agrell, Cambridge University
Dr G. M. Brown, University of Durham |