I think the prize for finding a particle should be a piece of aerogel. Not the real stuff that was in space, just some sample pieces like this. They could also sell the stuff. http://cgi.ebay.com/NASA-Aerogel-LARGER ... dZViewItem
Sundevil wrote:I think the prize for finding a particle should be a piece of aerogel. Not the real stuff that was in space, just some sample pieces like this. They could also sell the stuff.
I second that vote. I agree that even a tiny piece of aerogel would make a great conversation piece for those folks who manage to find a particle.
As long as the aerogel comes in a sealed plastic or glass box. But hey, Anna said in another post that it is not cheaper than gold, so perhaps we should be content with shirts that say "I searched for stardust and all I got was this T-shirt" I do wonder how much it costs???
On this website it says that the big, high quality pieces are reserved for NASA/JPL. But, there are some excess fragments created that they sell for $40 for a penny sized piece.
I just think that this project would get done faster if there was a reward for finding the particles. In the overall scheme of things $1600-$4000 in prizes would be nothing compared to how much the entire mission has cost, and how much it would cost to pay people to inspect 6.4 million movies.
I think a t-shirt would be cool if you scanned 1,000 movies at a good accuracy level.