[meteorite-list] I touched a meteor

From: tett <tett_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Nov 6 06:43:35 2004
Message-ID: <008e01c4c3f5$cae3ff40$6400a8c0_at_Tettenborn>

Well, it's a bit of a stretch but...

Got a call from a chap at the Johnson Space Center this week who was trying
to find out more information on a product my company manufactures. This
product is a small fan which NASA uses in the space station to help ciculate
air over desicant pacs and in turn reduce humidity. These are battery
operated blower units with permanent magnet motors.

Some of my little fans must now be replaced and the spent ones are being
moved by the Russians to the "trash bin" which will be returned to the earth
and destroyed as it enters the atmospher. The Russians have asked NASA to
advise if any of the spent cargo has permanent magnets and if so how
powerful of a field do they produce. I guess they need to be careful to
ensure that none of this cargo can interfere with the space station systems.

So... I was thinking of my poor little fans, which are still good, ands how
they will burn up in the atmospher. Then I realized that they will become
little meteors. Perhaps, if some are well protected by other debris, they
could even become meteorites. Hum.....

Cheers,

tett
Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
Received on Sat 06 Nov 2004 06:43:09 AM PST