[meteorite-list] Mars peppered with meteorites

From: Richard Montgomery <rickmont_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:22:31 -0700
Message-ID: <EA8EAF61566D40039D78D2C9496D7813_at_bosoheadPC>

Earth colonization sales are immediately suspended until further notice....


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Cc: "Paul H" <bristolia at yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mars peppered with meteorites


>> One has to wonder what effect this might
>> have on a future Mars colony...
> http://news.discovery.com/space/mars-impact-craters-meteorite-cluster.html
>
> We have no basis whatsoever for calculating
> or even estimating a fall rate for Mars. Even
> the effective geological ages of the surfaces
> are not known with any certainty. There is
> nothing that suggests a greater or even as
> great a fall rate as the Earth.
>
> So, how many List members (the best warned)
> are planning on vacating the Earth Planet
> because of the effect of meteorites? (Other
> than hazard to the wallet, that is.) Earth is
> obviously unsuitable for a human colony
> of any size...
>
>
> Sterling K. Webb
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul H." <oxytropidoceras at cox.net>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 4:16 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Mars peppered with meteorites
>
>
>> Mars peppered with meteorites
>> by John Roach, msnbc.com, ?June 14, 2011?
>> http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/14/6857163-mars-peppered-with-meteorites
>>
>> Mars Hit by Cosmic Buckshot Again by Ian O'Neill
>> Discovery News, June 13, 2011
>> http://news.discovery.com/space/mars-hit-by-cosmic-buckshot-again-110613.html
>>
>> and
>>
>> http://news.discovery.com/space/mars-impact-craters-meteorite-cluster.html
>>
>> Candidate New Impact Site Formed between December
>> 2002 and March 2008, ESP_022299_2040, HiRISE
>> http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_022299_2040
>>
>> Yours,
>>
>> Paul H.
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