The other two (the real) reasons Nasa doesn't want anyone picking up
shuttle debris are:
1.Risk of Radiolocial contamination. There are some nasty radioactive
parts to the shuttle, Tritium/radium on the dials/indictors, emergency
lighting etc.
2. It might be old, but its still has
at another crash site, Roswell. Hmmm?
Thanks, Tom
Peregrineflier
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From: mark ford [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 1:03 AM
Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Elma High
Mr. X wrote, maybe it was hot ashalt that boy burnt his hand on..
Dear List and Mr.X,
Another thought, wouldn't the samples we've seen have been coated in
that same melted asphalt, hot enough to melt divets in surface,
supposedly landed on, if their story is accurate?
Just another thought. I
, Tom
Peregrineflier
The proudest member of the IMCA 6168
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From: Marcia Swanson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Elma High
Mr. X wrote, maybe
Just another thought. I was under naive understanding that meteorites
did not burn hot to the touch, upon falling and could be picked right
up, as in stories I read during the PF strewnfield incident and others?
Most meteorites will have cooled off by the time they reach the ground, though
in
Tom wrote: Hello Marcie, you asked;Do they rapidly cool after initial impact ? Also, why, in the case ofthe "Columbia" retrieval, were people warned not to touch fragments, asthey were hazardous?I think the reason was two fold, the one they gave, Hazardous fuel from thetanks could of
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MARK
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Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:50
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Meteorite Lands In Elma High
Tom wrote:
Hello Marcie
, July 17, 2003 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Elma High
Mr. X wrote, maybe it was hot ashalt that boy burnt his hand on..
Dear List and Mr.X,
Another thought, wouldn't the samples we've seen have been coated in
that same melted asphalt, hot enough to melt
of
days. Our area is very wooded -- so, no telling?
Fly Hill
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Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 9:01 PM
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