[meteorite-list] Taking a meteorite strike to the Bank

From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:48:34 -0500
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=fDDNfEfs_QMFZyTgo3OkOdZds4x4RkeB9DPq3_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Richard,

Fun and morbid question. :)

Assuming I would suffer no permanent or long-term disability from the
hit, I'd take one for the team. Preferably a friable type that
wouldn't do too much damage, and maybe I could get hit in the left arm
- I could afford to have that one in a sling for a little while. Or
maybe a big ugly bruise on my shoulder.

Now, if we are talking about a lunar or martian, then I'd go a little
further and possibly take a limp or some other non-crippling long term
effect.

I'd like to see Gaddafi struck in the head by a 5-kilo silicated iron. ;)

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 2/24/11, Richard Kowalski <damoclid at yahoo.com> wrote:
> OK,
>
> the termite threadlet raised a morbid question in my mind.
>
> What would it be worth to be struck by a meteorite?
>
> Would you want to be struck indirectly like Elizabeth Hodges was in Alabama,
> or directly. How much injury sustained would be worth it to you?
>
> I know some of you wouldn't mind being the first documented death, at the
> appropriate time of your life of course, but I didn't see many people
> walking around the Tucson shows with their Where's Waldo target hats on this
> year so maybe there aren't too many who want to step to the front of the
> line for this fall!
>
> :)
>
> --
> Richard Kowalski
> Full Moon Photography
> IMCA #1081
>
>
>
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