[meteorite-list] Meteorite Fall In Sri Lanka?
From: STUARTATK_at_aol.com <STUARTATK_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:08:27 2004 Message-ID: <ea.2df44cae.2ab95b60_at_aol.com> --part1_ea.2df44cae.2ab95b60_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 18/09/02 05:14:30 GMT Daylight Time, kelly_at_bhil.com writes: > Those of you who have read Arthur C. Clarke's novel FOUNTAINS OF PARADISE > will recall that this is the same giant rock that was his inspiration for > the > location of the anchor point for the cable for the first "Space Elevator." > > IF it really was hit by a meteorite, Arthur would have loved it! > Ironically, Arthur C Clarke now lives in Sri Lanka, and is a major supporter of projects liek SPACEGUARD, so this was right on his doorstep. But I had an email from him this morning reassuring me it had missed him, so that's a relief! Stu --part1_ea.2df44cae.2ab95b60_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 18/09/02 05:14:30 GMT Daylight Time, kelly_at_bhil.com writes: <BR> <BR> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Those of you who have read Arthur C. Clarke's novel FOUNTAINS OF PARADISE <BR>will recall that this is the same giant rock that was his inspiration for the <BR>location of the anchor point for the cable for the first "Space Elevator." <BR> <BR> IF it really was hit by a meteorite, Arthur would have loved it! <BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE> <BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> <BR>Ironically, Arthur C Clarke now lives in Sri Lanka, and is a major supporter of projects liek SPACEGUARD, so this was right on his doorstep. But I had an email from him this morning reassuring me it had missed him, so that's a relief! <BR> <BR>Stu</FONT></HTML> --part1_ea.2df44cae.2ab95b60_boundary-- Received on Wed 18 Sep 2002 12:30:24 AM PDT |
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