The other two (the real) reasons Nasa doesn't want anyone picking up shuttle debris are:
1.Risk of Radiolocial contamination. There are some nasty radioactive parts to the shuttle, Tritium/radium on the dials/indictors, emergency lighting etc. 2. It might be old, but its still has commercial/secret/classified components to it that I am sure the government wouldn't want in general circulation! Warning the general public not to touch these things is all part of a standard 'post-accident procedure' that kicks in after and incident. -- As for the 'the rocks where hot to the touch' statement (made after the 'Elma' 'fall'), - it's a sure way of sorting out the GENUINE falls from the not-so-Genuine ones, lets not deter people from making this statement it is a useful indicator, since most of the scams/fake falls over the last few years have included hot-rock-flames-burnt trees type statements!! Mark Ford ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
