[meteorite-list] OT: Debris Found In Joshua Tree May Be From Columbia

From: Allen <Allen_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:18:25 2004
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I agree with Robert. Same old song and dance.
---Shaw
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  Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 6:18 PM
  Subject: [meteorite-list] OT: Debris Found In Joshua Tree May Be From =
Columbia


  Hi Ron,

  I still think they are way over-stating the probabilities for
  this piece of metal debris. I saw it on the news last night --
  it could honestly be ANYTHING. There are no serial numbers on
  it that I could see, so tracing it to Columbia at this stage
  is nothing more than an uneducated guess.

  "The path the shuttle took on its failed journey home carried it
  well north of the Coachella Valley and the Joshua Tree area, but
  officials say it is possible that debris could have fallen in the=20
  southland."

  "Officials" might say that; I wonder about *engineers*.

  "A 4 inch by 4 inch piece of metal is at the center of all the=20
  attention, and is now believed to be part of the space shuttle=20
  Columbia."

  "Now believed" by whom? The sheriff? No one from NASA has yet
  examined the piece.

> All this started when Bob Beggs spotted a shiny piece of
> metal in his driveway Saturday afternoon. "I thought it
> was a piece of trash that had blown in," he says. But
> after closer inspection, Bob realized it was much more than
> a piece of trash from the desert. He says it was hot to the
> touch.

  I was in the Mojave desert that day. It was sunny and warm.
  What happens when you put a piece of metal out in the sun
  in the desert? Honestly, the "evidence" here is hardly worth
  mentioning. To summarize, we've got a small, non-descript
  metal frame found in the hot desert sun, hundreds of kilometers
  from Columbia's ground track. This is going to turn out to be
  nothing. And when it does, the same thing will happen that
  always happens: the story will quietly go away, and no one
  in the media will point out how unlikely it was to be a piece
  of Columbia in the first place. Same thing that happens with
  meteorwrongs.

  --Rob

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  Found In Joshua Tree May Be From Columbia</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi Ron,<BR><BR>I still think they are way over-stating =
the=20
  probabilities for<BR>this piece of metal debris.&nbsp; I saw it on the =
news=20
  last night --<BR>it could honestly be ANYTHING.&nbsp; There are no =
serial=20
  numbers on<BR>it that I could see, so tracing it to Columbia at this=20
  stage<BR>is nothing more than an uneducated guess.<BR><BR>"The path =
the=20
  shuttle took on its failed journey home carried it<BR>well north of =
the=20
  Coachella Valley and the Joshua Tree area, but<BR>officials say it is =
possible=20
  that debris could have fallen in the =
<BR>southland."<BR><BR>"Officials" might=20
  say that; I wonder about *engineers*.<BR><BR>"A 4 inch by 4 inch piece =
of=20
  metal is at the center of all the <BR>attention, and is now believed =
to be=20
  part of the space shuttle <BR>Columbia."<BR><BR>"Now believed" by =
whom?&nbsp;=20
  The sheriff?&nbsp; No one from NASA has yet<BR>examined the =
piece.<BR><BR>&gt;=20
  All this started when Bob Beggs spotted a shiny piece of<BR>&gt; metal =
in his=20
  driveway Saturday afternoon.&nbsp; "I thought it<BR>&gt; was a piece =
of trash=20
  that had blown in," he says.&nbsp; But<BR>&gt; after closer =
inspection, Bob=20
  realized it was much more than<BR>&gt; a piece of trash from the =
desert. He=20
  says it was hot to the<BR>&gt; touch.<BR><BR>I was in the Mojave =
desert that=20
  day.&nbsp; It was sunny and warm.<BR>What happens when you put a piece =
of=20
  metal out in the sun<BR>in the desert?&nbsp; Honestly, the "evidence" =
here is=20
  hardly worth<BR>mentioning.&nbsp; To summarize, we've got a small,=20
  non-descript<BR>metal frame found in the hot desert sun, hundreds of=20
  kilometers<BR>from Columbia's ground track.&nbsp; This is going to =
turn out to=20
  be<BR>nothing.&nbsp; And when it does, the same thing will happen=20
  that<BR>always happens:&nbsp; the story will quietly go away, and no =
one<BR>in=20
  the media will point out how unlikely it was to be a piece<BR>of =
Columbia in=20
  the first place.&nbsp; Same thing that happens=20
  =
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