[meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Elma High

From: mark ford <markf_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:21:06 2004
Message-ID: <6CE3EEEFE92F4B4085B0E086B2941B310142F6_at_s-southern01.s-southern.com>

The other two (the real) reasons Nasa doesn't want anyone picking up
shuttle debris are:


1.Risk of Radiolocial contamination. There are some nasty radioactive
parts to the shuttle, Tritium/radium on the dials/indictors, emergency
lighting etc.

2. It might be old, but its still has commercial/secret/classified
components to it that I am sure the government wouldn't want in general
circulation!

Warning the general public not to touch these things is all part of a
standard 'post-accident procedure' that kicks in after and incident.

--=20

As for the 'the rocks where hot to the touch' statement (made after the
'Elma' 'fall'), - it's a sure way of sorting out the GENUINE falls from
the not-so-Genuine ones, lets not deter people from making this
statement it is a useful indicator, since most of the scams/fake falls
over the last few years have included hot-rock-flames-burnt trees type
statements!!

Mark Ford
Received on Fri 18 Jul 2003 04:03:14 AM PDT