I understand how an iron meteorite can burn in the atmosphere and create sonic booms and break into pieces. I would like to see the model & energy balance that shows me how that translates to a 500 kton blast from a 10kton rock while it is still in the air and has not given up its kinetic energy.
Am I missing something? On Friday, February 22, 2013, Terry Blanton wrote: > On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 4:19 PM, ChemE Stewart > <cheme...@gmail.com<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > Did you guys invent the Internet too? Terry, I like your theory better. > > I don't recall "God's Rods". I think that would have been a bit too > irreverent for the Potus. However, there were those "brilliant > pebbles". > > http://missilethreat.com/defense-systems/brilliant-pebbles/ > >