Darren wrote: "You HAVE to watch this reentry video! (Really, if you don't watch it, I'll hit this button australite with this hammer)
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/index.html No, please, don't hit your australite button with a hammer to pieces because we know what you mean! When you watch the re-entry and complete destruction (or should I say demise?!) of the ATV (automatic transfer vhicle), you really wonder how our beloved space travellers - a.k.a meteorites - make it through the atmosphere "intact". Well, after all, we all know that most of the meteoroids' preatmospheric size is ablated away so that just a few kilograms or sometimes only a few grams make it to the surface of our home planet. This video vividly and dramatically demonstrates what happens to our "collectibles"! Bernd To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [email protected] ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
