What matters most of all is everyone being in *one* place. The problem with
Facebook is there are now a million and one different groups, this has split
the meteorite community into different places to the point that either you need
to monitor 6 different media feeds 24/7 or you are out of
Come to think of it ... I did see some Dolphins leaving Earth the other day ...
lol
Cheers,
Mark Ford
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And.. the Dinosaur extinction tennis match continues :)
Mark
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Its landed - they have a signal...
Mark
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Sent: 12 November 2014 15:13
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Historic Event - Live Comet Landing ESA
Imho: At the end of the day an artist can do what she/he wants with her rock,
good luck to her if she can make a living from it. But personally I would
categorise it as nothing more than tacky sensationalist 'shock art' with no
great intellectual or artistic merit. (probably in the same
but I'm wondering what exactly is the point of melting down part of a
meteorite and then recasting it as an exact copy of itself,
It's called wait for it .. Irony!
plays drums - rat..tat..splash...
Sorry couldn't resist that one!
Mark
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Yes, Sad news indeed- A genuine space legend, he will be sadly missed, my
thoughts to his family, friends and colleagues at the OU, thinking of them also.
Mark
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Chris and list,
No need for personal attacks. - After all wasn't it your good self that said
about 'dowsing' many years ago:
First off, let me say that all you naysaying dowser denialists need to get
off your high horses, come down from your ivory towers and enter the realm
of simple,
Sorry that should read: Phil and List,
m.
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IMHO - This should most likely be called 'Earthite'. A whole new class of rocks
distinct from meteorites, which so far we don't have any of (unless anyone
knows different!?).
Or they could just be known as Tektites, since that is essentially what the
consensus is on Tektites. Though I would
Yeah, if we are going to be paying for adverts then can we at least have some
list moderation in return?
Whilst the 'matteo wars', proud tom, the original Tom , Capital letters
Steve, selling material cheap to undermine Tuscon, Mike/Greg exchanges, Fairies
and struck ones where all
Hmm. Just looks like someone packed a rock in their canopy, either accidentally
or on purpose and it popped out when the chute unfurled. (Or could just be be a
4114)
Odds of it happening, massive, odds of the rock being just the right size to
show up on camera - massive, odds, of the rock
All good points shawn.
An obvious flagrant ad is an ad, but 50% of the posts on this forum are to do
with finding/getting/trading material, that's kinda the whole point of the
hobby!
I fully support Art's idea, but to me it must be restricted to clear and
obvious adverts, getting banned for
Interesting - terrestrial Ringwoodite contains 1% water! So theres probably as
much water underneath us than in the worlds oceans..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26553115
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Problem is fragmentation. There are already many meteorite groups on facebook,
twitter, et al. If everybody keeps creating new ones eventually they [will] all
be more or less empty like so many other forums.
The beauty of the Met-list is it's simplicity, and the fact that its actually
quite
Yeah Looks like a tiny little fragment?? And way too fresh...
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Stone Ironworks
Sent: 24 September 2013 15:43
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Subject: Re:
You see ... they are getting confused there between scriptures, and SAW MARKS!!
Lol
Wait I may be wrong, my piece has something written on it lets see..ten
something .. wait, ten point ...two 'g'? - Wow I wonder what this all means?
LOL.
Mark
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Whenever I hear this phrase it always rings bells to me..
Additionally what would the selling price be if it were to be sold.
m.
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[mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Graham Ensor
At the current market value of $1900.00 per gram, this 4.5kg slab would be
valued at $8,550,000.00, IF, and, ONLY IF. it was posted on EBAY by an
I.M.C.A. member!
SO, HOW ABOUT IT, DUDES?
I'd say that counts as evidence of conspiracy to commit fraud.. tell the feds!
Instead of using a bag to de-spin the asteroid, why not use a giant lathe tool,
and make a death star while we are at it? Lol.
Mark
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Look deep underground (tough to do from Earth) - That's fine if your
looking for Earth style microbes, but until we even formally define life
(and not just some grey area about self reproducing molecules) would we know
'it' if we saw it?
Seems to me if you chart the historical progress of
To: Michael Mulgrew mikest...@gmail.com; Mark Ford
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Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 7:16 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Astrobiologists Find Stuff
Michael M and List,
First, apologies to be so Sci-Fi
Yep, and I can't understand this fad for claims that go along the lines of 'we
have found the building blocks of life' , even yesterday the BBC announced that
NASA had found 'building blocks of life' on Mars in the latest Rover sample, it
turned out the BBC meant Hydrogen and Oxygen! - What
is nearly over, but the truth is very
far from it! It just makes it a tiny tiny amount more likely..
Mark
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Sent: 13 March 2013 13:09
To: Mark Ford; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
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More like L5-6 imho... seems an awful lot of metal in some pics I've seen.. I
reckon this one will be like NWA869 (L3.8-L9!) i.e. it will vary between finds,
it's a big fall after all, which means it might be a little more varied than
usual.
I'm disappointed but the lack of 'pointless
I might be old fashioned but - my advice - Just put out some good meteorites
with good lighting and let them have a good look at it! There's nothing worse
than walking through a display/museum with a token of artifacts around in badly
lit cases and just seeing the kids playing around with the
Having done quite a few interviews on this too I must admit I was quite
impressed how the media do seem to be learning. They were making a genuine
effort to ask rather than just speculating. And it was quite noticeable how
facts like the casualty figures and bolide size and such were not too
Having done quite a few interviews on this too I must admit I was quite
impressed how the media do seem to be learning. They were making a genuine
effort to ask rather than just speculating. And it was quite noticeable how
facts like the casualty figures and bolide size and such were not too
Thanks for posting those pics Bjørn. This fall has been amazing, but the most
astounding thing is that no one in Russia seems to have a high resolution
camera! :)
Mark
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Given there is probably more tkw of black beauty than chebarkul at the moment -
give me 'the Russian blonde'! :)
Mark
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Sent: 19 February
the Russian fall) and them both to our collections.
Matt
Mark Ford mark.f...@southernscientific.co.uk wrote:
Given there is probably more tkw of black beauty than chebarkul at
the moment - give me 'the Russian blonde'! :)
Mark
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Since the NYT has accused us 'all' of undertaking 'largely illegal activities'
by trading meteorites - I say we bring a class action of libel.. ?
M.
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So, what are we talking then .. an L6?
Anyone care to pointlessly speculate on a classification, from the limited
pics?!
Mark
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WOW - this Looks absolutely massive!
Major damage to entire buildings, causing fires and roof collapse. - This
could easily be the biggest fall in living memory!
Mark Ford
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Casualties up to 525..
I've just done an interview with the Guardian :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/feb/15/meteorite-explodes-over-russian-urals-live-updates?intcmp=122
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I'm betting it's an Iron, Personally I don't think there's too much smoke,
(look at the classic Skihote Alin painting for example!)
What is strange is that in quite a few videos of the fireball there seems to be
some odd features what I can only describe as 'puffs of extra fast smoke'
Latest casualties - 900 people!!! (Sky News)
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Because it's based on expensive spy satellite technology!
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Sent: 08 July 2011 08:07
To: Sterling K. Webb
Cc: meteoritelist meteoritelist
There's off topic and there's off topic, Nasa sueing previous employees for
stuff they have been given, COULD turn out to be relevant to meteorites, an
awful lot of US institutions have traded state owned/Nasa materiel over the
years for example..
Now and again doesn't hurt, and I prefer it
Well spotted Hehe, (now who's rewriting history ;) lol.
Seriously though I think the Astronauts should refuse to do any more PR work
for Nasa over this, it's disgraceful. (Assuming the press reports are true of
course).
These Guys and girls put their lives on the line - Granted there's a
Yes but why is it 'a legal one' now as opposed to 30 years ago?
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Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] NASA sues Moonwalker Astronaut
I think
Couldn't agree more and i'm not even American! (It saddens me to see the US
slowly sliding ever downward, someone in the whitehouse really needs to take a
good east).
I never thought I would see the loss of US manned space flight in my lifetime,
yet at the end of this week that will be it!
* someone in the whitehouse really needs to take a good look east).
Opps typo
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: Sterling K. Webb [mailto:sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: 27 June 2011 21:43
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NASA could sell...
Mark, List,
Go Get Your Own Moon Rocks!
What? You say you can't afford a small intra-planetary
vehicle, a little
I certainly don't think NASA should sell all the moon rock, but I don't see any
harm in selling off a few very carefully selected waste pieces (currently they
even count back and store all the waste dust from cutting losses!), there must
be a large amount of material that is contaminated by
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I certainly don't think NASA should sell all the moon rock, but I don't see
any harm in selling off a few very carefully selected
Yes, sounds like they want meteorites that look like buildings rather than make
a building to look like a meteorite! :)
Yuk - it really looks nothing like a meteorite IMHO - it's more like a
collapsed tin can, - why not have jet black fusion crust over the exterior,
which absorbs solar heat
Hi,
The facts are, as of a minute ago, that there has been no containment
vessel breach in any of the reactors. Therefore, there has been no
significant release of radiation. Nobody...nobody.. has received an
exposure that would cause any measurable harm. I don't care what you've
read, seen, or
To be honest i'm not sure their paper is that much more flawed than many
papers of this type are - after all the point of publishing a paper is
simply to initiate discussion, encourage people to repeat the experiment
and prompt for counter arguments. They can't answer all the questions in
one
You win!!
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Sent: 30 November 2010 04:02
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NASA Sets News Conference
onAstrobiologyDiscovery
the NASA spin offs that many of us enjoy today including computers,
velcrov, freeze dried foods and the list goes on in many ways I can't
list have to also be taken into consideration.
Except that Computers, Velcro and Freeze dried foods where NOT invented
by Nasa for the space program!
-
I blame 'The Cabbage Patch Dolls' they started it...
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Sent: 26 November 2010 04:17
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I agree with Dave, there are loads of 'cleaned and treated' milli's
around, but ones that are among the first found and in un cleaned state
are probably unique so will likely have more value imho...
Mark
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From: imca-boun...@imcamail.de [mailto:imca-boun...@imcamail.de]
The mistake many people make is they concentrate only on moisture
control (which is still very important), but we should also worry about
oxygen. The use of Oxygen scavengers has been standard in most museums
for years now - I recommend them , they are little sachets that contain
oxygen
Hello, is this a good detector for meteorite hunting? Any other good
alternative?
Oh go on, let me.. drum roll.. 'You don't need a metal detector just go into
the woods, find a forked stick...'
(sorry just couldn't resist that one!) :)
Mark
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Thank you for the video links (that totally disprove dowsing works). You
can clearly see the right hand 'twitching/bending' almost intentionally
as she reaches over the iron!! The rest is just Momentum for sure.
I don't think ANYBODY denies bent rods will cross over objects what is
at issue here
Strange that you are happy believe that a stick is able to point to a
meteorite all by itself, yet don't accept that lie detectors work
(despite a considerable weight of research), and think that the Steward
Observatory, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, the
European Southern
If you are going to bury an iron then be sure to bury it in two sealed
ziplock plastic bags, that way it won't harm it at all. I did this when
I was testing a new magnetometer system, I designed earlier in the year,
the Iron I buried is still rust free.
Mark F
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Hi Mike,
No need top apologise, I don't think discussing ways of finding
meteorites is off topic (on a meteorite forum), even if that means
discussing some of the more controversial methods. Even though I don't
personally think it works (yes I have tried it) I certainly think it was
still well
In my experience, divining really just doesn't work, trouble is we want
it to work, because it seems like it should, but if anyone has ever seen
a so called psychic using a pendulum, you can see just what's going
on. Positive reinforcement is a powerful thing!
Notice how a device that's
Well said that man.
I recall a few years ago when BIMS did a meteorite exhibition, one of
the things we had on the stand was a classic meteorwrong (a piece of
weathered marcasite), it was in front of a bunch of real meteorites. A
women came up to the stand wearing various large beads around her
Sorry how can there be 100% chance of life???
The temperature is suspected to be very approx -20C on a good day, we
know nothing about any atmosphere (it could have lost it for all we
know), we know nothing about the chemical structure of the planet, and
we don't even have a highly accurate idea
Haha - me too, I had to read it three times to see Cratering! Must be
lunchtime
Just for fun: - There must be some 'edible' meteorite related cuisine,
I remember the classic Eclipse cakes during the last total eclipse in
Europe, rock cakes of course any more anyone?
Mark
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Hi Martin,
Technically there are space treaty's that are already in place, though not
everyone is signed up or ratified (as usual with treaty's!). So no nation has
recognized rights of ownership over space. (Basically this is a massive cop
out), and as far as i'm concerned whoever recovers
So you'll be giving back all your NWA's will you?
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Dunklee
Sent: 21 September 2010 22:20
To: tricottetc...@live.com;
Someone send Astronomy Ireland a meteorite price list for gods sake..
M.
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Thunder Stone
Sent: 15 September 2010 21:12
To:
Point is we can INFER there is a PROBABLILITY of OTHER life, but we
cannot say there is. There is a big difference. many people 'believe' in
all sorts of things, this doesn't make it true.
That said, however much we think science is black and white, science is
only really a glorified democracy,
Hi,
I was recently sent a rock, the accompanying story was that it landed near
someone with high velocity and was warm/hot to the touch. (Normally this story
rings alarm bells as meteorites are generally not known to be warm especially
small ones), however upon looking at the rock, it appears
appreciated with this one, it's a bit strange!
Mark
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Sent: 15 September 2010 14:35
To: Mark Ford; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] FW: Rock identification??
concrete?
Peter
Hi Martin,
I agree it doesn't sound like a good idea. Personally I wouldn't do this, at a
pinch I would treat an Iron meteorite if it was the last hope of keeping it
alive!
However this type of thing has actually been done for many years, other methods
are also used such as galvanic
Hi Ed.
At the risk of starting up the 'great Tektite wars' again, (second only
to the God Thread) I think it's now been very well established that they
are of Earth impact origin (i.e terrestrial). The lunar origin, is still
propagated by a small minority of people. The evidence for a lunar
Nothing reported to us so far (British and Irish Meteorite Society) ..
which is strange, this image looks like it's done on photo shop to me??
Mark
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Yeah keep using magnets leave me all the lunars muhahahahaha.
Satan
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Galactic Stone Ironworks
Sent: 24 August 2010 19:44
To: Matson, Robert D.
Cc:
Yes this has been all over the news. My only problem with it is we are
talking low earth orbit not the far reaches of the solar system, I'd
like to see them survive away from the protection of the earth's mag
field before I get too excited...
Mark Ford
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As soon as everyone stops using metal detectors and magnet canes to look for
meteorites then the first Lunars in Europe or USA will eventually be found,
until then!
Mark
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From: Galactic Stone Ironworks [mailto:meteoritem...@gmail.com]
Sent: 24 August 2010 14:29
To: Mark Ford
Cc: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Search for first U.S. lunar meteorite
Hi Mark and List,
Good point. Most newbie hunters ignore anything
Granted but, the moon is still a relatively sheltered place though,
nothing like deep space. Additionally Virus's have a significantly lower
cross section to cosmic radiation than bacteria do.
A few hundred days in low earth orbit is nothing like a few hundred
million years, which is about the
And ... a glass of water is interesting when put next to a powerful
magnet, the surface of the water bends as the magnet is brought near it-
It's quite spooky, and even works with a hard drive magnet.
Trouble with looking for magnetic moment alignment in planetary samples
is by the time a slice
Message-
From: Mark Ford
Sent: 16 August 2010 13:37
To: 'Jose Villavicencio'; 'Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com'
Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Rings
Hi Jose,
If it's any help, for my other half a few years ago, I had a crescent
moon pendant made of out 18k Gold, complete with texture
Hi Jose,
If it's any help, for my other half a few years ago, I had a crescent
moon pendant made of out 18k Gold, complete with texture and craters on
the surface, one of which has a piece of DAG 400 (Lunar meteorite) set
into it, there was also a diamond in a separate crater on the tip of the
Good quote.
I also like:
Science is almost the same as faith, but just sometimes, once in a
while, the level of required proof is taken up a notch
Mark
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[mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf
On 7/23/2010 12:52 AM, Mark Ford wrote:
Good quote.
I also like:
Science is almost the same as faith, but just sometimes, once in a
while, the level of required proof is taken up a notch
Mark
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Yes there are good and bad aspects to both sides of this eternal debate.
On the one hand you could argue it could depend on when the rock fell,
an old rock would have been there since before the land owner purchased
it, so it would naturally then be the landowners, whereas if it fell
yesterday
Well said Martin! - policy makers and private hunting skeptics take note!
Up side of no meteorite hunting/export regulations = many new finds
Down side of no meteorite regulations = higher prices/value (though this
actually leads to more finds)
Up side of meteorite regulation = meteorites
At the end of the day, many of the key people also perpetuate these conspiracy
myths because they sell an awful lot of books, plus it maybe gains them the
attention they probably never got as a kid. Imho it's the same with the crop
circles, UFO's, ghosts, yeti, bigfoot's, water monsters etc.
You get cellphone coverage in area 51?? - You must be one of 'them' ;)
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From: Dennis Miller [mailto:astror...@hotmail.com]
Sent: 26 April 2010 15:49
To: Mark Ford; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Fake Lunar Landing Response
Hey, you
Which is the 'tool'? - the watch or the person that pays $33,000 for a 2mm x
25mm slice of gibeon in an over polished gold case! - Lol.
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[mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Alan
Talking of websites:
I've always thought a library of royalty free (that is completely free
use) meteorite images would be good, often when giving a talk or writing
an article I often find I just cannot find decent photos that are truly
'free to use', you usually end up taking a pic yourself, or
For this reason I doubt that people go out specifically looking for
Meteorites as it would cost a lot for zero reward.
Yep, a classic case of another country not thinking through it's meteorite
collecting laws, you ban exports/free trade and strangely enough all the new
finds dry up, (while
misquote me.
Best
Mark
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Sent: 17 September 2009 16:18
To: Mark Ford; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bugs In Space!
Hello everyone,
Again I feel compelled to respond to such Earth
There is much documented evidence of microbes in the upper atmosphere
region, I think the debatable bit though is the suggestion that life
must have come from somewhere other than from Earth, - This is simply
not the case. I have seen no evidence to suggest anything other than
that every single
there that are warm/wet/ideal/in the right placewe just need to
find
them, and we will.
Best to all,
Kirk:-)
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Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bugs In Space
Sorry but the alien topic is far more constructive than 'proud bloody
tom'
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Sent: 26 August 2009 22:55
To: Michael Blood
Cc: Meteorite List
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list]
Reminds me of a question I was asked a while back - what's the average
time dilation of all mass/particles in the universe, due to the
expansion rate of the universe - i.e how much younger is the universe
now than it 'should be' if it was static?
(I had to think about that one!)
I guess
Why does everyone always assume aliens are super intelligent? based on
the earth model 99.999% of all life in the
universe (if there is any other) is actually not intelligent.
There is a massive difference between, intelligent life,
semi-intelligent life, and basic
That is just hogwash in my opinion---the Drake Equation proves that
life
MUST exist elsewhere.
Not quite - Actually most sensible values for the drake equation (and
subsequent improved variants) come up with surprisingly low values,
given the scale and size of the universe! In fact it's quite
Drake says:
N = R x Fp X ne X fl X Fi X fc X L
my reckoning:
1 = 1 X 30% X 0.1 X 40% X 40% X 29% X 1000
Where
R = The number of stars in a similar class to ours born each year
Fp = Percentage of stars that for planets
Ne = Number of planets for each star that have the right conditions for
a hill,
And came to a stand still ,
Now it's a strewn field like all of the rest!
Best,
Mark Ford
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Especially for Mike..
There was a certain hunter from Tuscon,
Who found that his car had a bug on,
Everywhere that he went,
His location was sent,
So now he can't find rocks before you-can!
Best!
Mark
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