Yeah what else is he joking about? On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 12:14 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote:
> I had a suspicion that you were joking about that. > > Dave > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ChemE Stewart <[email protected]> > To: vortex-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, Feb 24, 2013 12:58 pm > Subject: Re: [Vo]:rather big fragment of the Chelyabinsk is discovered > (fwd) > > Dave, > > I believe it was a chondrite: > > http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i8/Russian-Meteor-Chondrite.html > > Like my usual, I was joking a bit about the overall price, I agree on > your economics. > > What is more interesting to me is to see how much of this object they > actually retrieve. > > "Life would be tragic if it were not funny - Stephen Hawking" > > Stewart > > > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 10:54 AM, David Roberson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I believe it was an iron meteorite. The value of one of these items is >> proportional to what someone else is willing to pay for it. I have a >> strong suspicion that the amount of money you could get for it would be a >> lot less than you believe. Remember supply and demand? Too much supply of >> this one. >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ChemE Stewart <[email protected]> >> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:52 am >> Subject: Re: [Vo]:rather big fragment of the Chelyabinsk is discovered >> (fwd) >> >> Based upon the size of the "crater" we should go dig it up then and >> erase our national debt >> >> On Saturday, February 23, 2013, David Roberson wrote: >> >>> I visited it once and the story is that the meteorite came in at a steep >>> angle and is buried under one of the rims. >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: mixent <[email protected]> >>> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sat, Feb 23, 2013 10:51 pm >>> Subject: Re: [Vo]:rather big fragment of the Chelyabinsk is discovered >>> (fwd) >>> >>> In reply to Vorl Bek's message of Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:27:07 -0500: >>> Hi, >>> [snip] >>> >And I have always wondered about Meteor Crater in Arizona; I never >>> >understood why a little digging did not expose a big chunk of >>> >extraterrestrial rock at the centre of the crater; but there is >>> >nothing. >>> >>> Maybe it went deeper and molten rock covered it, so all you see now in the >>> bottom of the crater is the cooled and solidified crust that was molten at >>> the >>> time. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Robin van Spaandonk >>> http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html >>> >>> >
