Joe (or Jor - which are you? ;-), I don't sit at this computer all day but only check it two or three times throughout the day. I wasn't ignoring you, I promise. After I saw your post I asked Kevin Poe again about the NASA glasses. I was somewhat mistaken earlier, so here's the clarification: Some time before the May 20 eclipse (perhaps months or some weeks, at least - Kevin couldn't remember) NASA ordered many eclipse glasses from a manufacturer of the same. It was later determined that they were defective and NASA recalled them all before they were distributed to the public. I don't know the nature of the defect but I think they just passed too much light to meet NASA's specifications. I wrote earlier that those that we deliberately burned as a demonstration to our visitors and to render them useless were from the defective batch. I WAS WRONG and I apologize for that. Those that we burned have NASA's logo but were from an eclipse some years ago that were left over. Again, as far as we have been told all of the defective glasses were recalled and none were distributed to the public. Perhaps Patrick or Ann knows more about this? One more time - I WAS WRONG AND I APOLOGIZE. Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 4:05 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] need answer Still no answer and I am very concerned about Kim's comment. Please respond. -- Thanks, Jor