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

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:18:25 2004
Message-ID: <200302071915.LAA16129_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

>
> Hello Ron and List, I do not have the educated background that Ron and Rob
> have but I do have plenty of common sense. I do know people as well as
> anyone else on the list and know that some well meaning people will jump to
> conclusions! There is trash laying all over this country, some of it has
> been laying on the ground for 100 years or more! A disaster happens and all
> of a sudden all this trash becomes shuttle "debris". If that same piece of
> trash was found the day before the disaster it would have been put in a
> garbage can or left for the next guy to do it! I personally am not going to
> believe that every piece of trash someone finds is real shuttle debris
> unless NASA says it is! Remember someone in AZ turned in a burnt piece of
> toast!
>

I agree. I've seen the photo of the metal object in Joshua Tree, and I can
safely say it is definitely not burnt toast.

Ron Baalke
Received on Fri 07 Feb 2003 02:15:45 PM PST