[meteorite-list] Meteorite Hammer Time - You Pick the Target!

From: Sanscelerien Toutgrandeau <sanscelerien_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:32:32 +0000
Message-ID: <4EC12680.6040506_at_gmail.com>

Hello list!

In line with the unseriousness of the experiment, perhaps you could toss
a flashlight (on!) along with the meteorite, so you could prove that
meteorites fall at the (same) speed of (the) light. :)

Saludos

Sanscelerien

On 11/14/2011 02:59 AM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks wrote:
> Hi Gang,
>
> I appreciate the comments and advice about caution when getting on the
> roof. I've done roofing work (when I was much younger and braver),
> and I get on roof occasionally to cut back overhanging limbs of a big
> oak we have right behind the house.
>
> But, the only suitable place to do this crazy experiment is a patch of
> yard, behind the house, privacy fenced off from the world - so my
> neighbors won't think I've lost my mind when they see me throwing
> rocks off the roof. The area of roof near that target patch of yard
> has a steep pitch and I'm not comfortable about trying this on that
> precarious part of the roof. So, I will not get on the roof.
>
> All of the target suggestions I am getting are being noted and taken
> into consideration. I've heard a couple of good ones and I will
> announce what the official target(s) may be. :)
>
> One last thought, on a more serious note - I always have the deepest
> respect for the special nature and meaning of meteorites. We are only
> temporary caretakers on their unthinkably-long voyage through space
> and time. They have moved through the cold vacuum of space for
> billions of years and have experienced violent collisions. There is
> no amount of abuse or shock I can put this meteorite through that it
> hasn't experienced before. And science isn't being hurt if one of
> probably 50,000 unclassified weathered H5 stones is hurled at a cake
> or globe, or whatever.
>
> I have been keeping copies of all the items being nominated and will
> be selecting one or more objects for destruction very soon. :)
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
Received on Mon 14 Nov 2011 09:32:32 AM PST