Re: [meteorite-list] Another Amusing Piece of Journalism

2006-07-09 Thread Sterling K. Webb
@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Another Amusing Piece of Journalism I would suspect that meteorites seen by people who are hurtling through the sky are somewhat rare. __ Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] Another Amusing Piece of Journalism

2006-07-08 Thread Notkin
Dear Listees: I don't think this one has been posted yet? This is much better than the 1,500 pounds of Barney Rubble story. And I thought there were a lot of mistakes in that one! : ) http://www.newstrib.com/main.asp? SectionID=1ArticleID=20930SubSectionID=60 The article goes on an on

Re: [meteorite-list] Another Amusing Piece of Journalism

2006-07-08 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 8 Jul 2006 13:11:33 -0700, you wrote: I don't think this one has been posted yet? This is much better than the 1,500 pounds of Barney Rubble story. And I thought there were a lot of mistakes in that one! : ) Hey, come on! I think it is pretty generous of the newspaper to allow

RE: [meteorite-list] Another Amusing Piece of Journalism

2006-07-08 Thread stan .
So . . . what you're saying is that iron and nickel meteorites are made of iron and nickel? Where do the non asteroid-based meteorites come from? this doesnt seem like a mistake, but rather a dumbing down of the facts for consumnption by joe average. it's kind of hard to fit a concise