Meteorite Exchange
JUL 01, 1963
DOI: 10.1063/1.3051044
The International Atomic Energy Agency is planning to assist the space research of its 81 member states by arranging for the collection and rapid transportation to interested laboratories of newly fallen meteorites. Under the program, selected laboratories in the member states will cooperate in collecting and transmitting “fresh” meteorites to IAEA headquarters in Vienna. Samples will then be shipped by the Agency to laboratories where their radioactivity can be measured. Rapid distribution is required because of the presence in the samples of short‐lived radioisotopes, which are useful in determining the nature of radiation in outer space.
© 1963. American Institute of Physics
