[meteorite-list] Object That Hit North Carolina Home Not AMeteorite

From: almitt <almitt_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:39 2004
Message-ID: <3EC1741B.D2340BFC_at_kconline.com>

Hi Ron and all,

Last post as this is a bit off topic though related to falls. Wasn't material seen to
float off the Columbia while it was in space? Could material floated off during the omes
burn to de-orbit and then land a few months later. I think it could but again you said
this didn't match the flight path and that is proof enough for me. The likely hood of
aluminum parts floating off would be very rare unless something else came into play. Nuff
said.

--AL

Ron Baalke wrote:

> >If it was after then material, if it was breaking off, could have come down a
> > couple of months later. Ron B. says the flight paths don't match and that is good
> > enough for me.
> >
>
> Ah, that's different. Some debris did fall off of Columbia shortly after launch, but
> it reentered just a few days later. It would be very unlikely for any debris
> from Columbia coming down a few months after the February 1 attemted landing.
>
> Ron B.
Received on Tue 13 May 2003 06:39:24 PM PDT