[meteorite-list] Fwd: My prior message...

From: Alexander Seidel <gsac_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 22:59:07 +0100
Message-ID: <20070104215907.20380_at_gmx.net>

Rob just asked me to forward this to the list, so here goes....
Alex

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Datum: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 13:34:51 -0800
Von: "Matson, Robert" <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
An: "\'Alexander Seidel \' " <gsac at gmx.net>
Betreff: My prior message...

Hi again,

As usual, when I'm on business travel, my posts never seem to make
it to the meteorite list, so assuming you got my earlier message,
I wonder if you could forward it to the list for me...

Here's a link you can include:

http://www.reentrynews.com/2006063b.html

Best wishes,
Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: Matson, Robert
To: 'Alexander Seidel '; 'meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com'
Sent: 1/4/2007 1:13 PM
Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] some Japanese researchers question US Colorado fall

Hi Alex and List,

Yep, out here -- just working a program offsite so don't have as easy
access to my e-mail. Marco already did an excellent job forwarding
the precise info for this rocket body reentry -- there is zero chance
this was anything else. The video alone is ample evidence against it
being a meteor. Velocity, velocity, velocity -- it tells you every
time.

Like Alex, I would love to have seen this in person. And as for
"packing bags", why not? Space junk reentries are MUCH MUCH
rarer than meteorite-producing meteors!

Dirk opined:

> If you believe all of what you read or watch on TV
> or what your government tells you, then you can state
> what you have stated. Both events will be confirmed
> within a day or so, so let`s wait for the facts to
> hopefully come out. Indications are not facts, but
> they may be proven later to be fact.

Can't yet speak to the New Jersey iron-bearing specimen, but you
can certainly consider the Soyuz reentry to be FACT. I've got
the satellite tracking code and data to prove it -- no need to
rely on news outlets (which I would never trust to get a developing
space/astronomy/science story correct).

Cheers,
Rob
Received on Thu 04 Jan 2007 04:59:07 PM PST