> Rob, > You said > "And don't get me started on the meteors burning all the way to the ground " > I'm no expert but? > Meteors may not burn all the way to the ground but it is believed possible > that an impact can be hot enough to melt the ground into Tektite glass, > right? So, wouldn't that generate sufficient heat to start a fire if it hit > a source of fuel like a wooded area? Carancas hit hard enough to boil the > water in the water well it hit (true fact). Many witnesses to that. But there > was no fuel there to burn so no actual fire broke out. > So, I can almost see why they would depict the meteors as hot and fiery but > the real cause of fires being started is from the heat caused by the impact > not the heat of the actual meteor, right? My 2 cents. > Carl Esparza > IMCA 5829 > > ---- Rob McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Seriously, I'm in the wrong job. I've spent much of the last year putting > > together a mission to Mars game for our school. You can select individual > > crew members. For example, one is from the Kashmir region of India, one of > > her languages is a local dialect and her name is a traditional Kashmiri > > name, all carefully researched. > > > > If I'm capable of this level of attention to detail then how are the makers > > of "Impact" capable of getting something on the air that includes a fallen > > lunar meteorite crater that is so magnetic it disrupts a compass from a > > distance? I mean, if that's supposed to show some sort of research into > > meteorites it pays lipservice only. I want to go round and bite their > > ankles. > > > > And don't get me started on the meteors burning all the way to the ground > > or shooting down meteor fragments with F-15 fighters. ARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!! > > > > At least Space 1999, had a the excuse of naievety to much of it. > > Anyone remember the scene in 3rd Rock From the Sun where they were laughing > > at Star Wars' depiction of space? "Impact" would have them in apoplexy. > > > > > > --- On Mon, 6/15/09, Sterling K. Webb <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > From: Sterling K. Webb <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] When the Moon hits your eye like a really, > > > really, really big pizza pie > > > To: [email protected], [email protected] > > > Date: Monday, June 15, 2009, 7:43 PM > > > Hi, Darren, List, > > > > > > The commentator who thinks this > > > sets a new low for American television > > > and astronomical science was obviously > > > fortunate enough to have missed the > > > series "Space 1999" (to name only one). > > > > > > > > > Sterling K. Webb > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Garrison" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 11:21 AM > > > Subject: [meteorite-list] When the Moon hits your eye like > > > a really, really,really big pizza pie > > > > > > > > > > http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/06/15/if-i-watch-this-i-hope-the-moon-will-hit-the-earth/ > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > > > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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