Re: [meteorite-list] Day From Hell May Have Killed Off Dinosaurs

2004-10-28 Thread VeIocity
Unfortunately for most of these asteroid impact scenarios, there is NO hard evidence that the dinosaurs were eradicated in a single catastrophic event that scorched or enshrouded the earth for a few short months or years. To be sure, those creatures appear to have died out in a geologic "instan

Re: [meteorite-list] Maybe NOT time to move on ...

2004-10-04 Thread VeIocity
I'm still fairly new here, although my IMCA membership is coming through shortly, and I just wanted to make an observation on the debates (fistfights) that I've seen so far on the Meteorite list... This is lightweight. Compared to some of the other lists to which I have subscribed, the Metlist i

Re: [meteorite-list] Mysterious Flash Of Light Reported in Detroit Sky

2004-10-03 Thread VeIocity
And, God knows, we need more dismissive sarcasm injected into our kids' education, so as to extinguish any natural curiosity they may exhibit.  Keep up the good work, Jerry. In a message dated 10/3/2004 8:46:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "GERALD FLAHERTY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Ron, >Ge

[meteorite-list] Blowing Off a Little Steam

2004-10-01 Thread VeIocity
Mt. St. Helens hit the boiling point today... http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=1087&sid=ajrj9cIRbOJc&refer=top_world_news __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Branson Offers Voyages into Space [OT?]

2004-09-28 Thread VeIocity
Yes, I read that article about Branson's passenger flights into space---however, the ticket price is rather steep, and with very little ROI. Nearly $200,000 per person for a 3-4 hour flight, a brief view of the curvature of the horizon, and only 4 minutes of weightlessness! I don't know that I

Re: [meteorite-list] New Carbonaceous Fall

2004-09-28 Thread VeIocity
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Re: [meteorite-list] OK All You Geologist Types Out There.....

2004-09-25 Thread VeIocity
Portion of a petrified black walnut treetrunk, tumbled smooth through glaciation. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Soyinchan 5 piece

2004-09-22 Thread VeIocity
So, you're SURE you don't want to sell that rare Soyinchan, eh? }=] __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Mysterious Boom Shakes South Carolina Homes

2004-09-22 Thread VeIocity
I'm surprised that nobody in South Carolina offered a seismic explanation for the booming and house-rattling. It's not widely publicized, but South Carolina is the most likely site in the country for a catastrophic earthquake (forget California). Charleston has been flattened a couple of times

Re: [meteorite-list] Alien Microbes Could Survive Crash-Landing

2004-09-18 Thread VeIocity
My contention is NOT that such a transfer is impossible, especially over billions of Earth years. But I think it extraordinarily unlikely that the infant Mars could---in the first 300 to 500 million years of solar system formation---evolve a hearty population of anaerobic bacteria (capable of s

Re: [meteorite-list] SIkHOTE ALIN Movie

2004-09-17 Thread VeIocity
Meteorite hunting via biplane. }=] Very interesting to see the shrapnel, perforated treetrunks and what-not. In a message dated 9/17/2004 4:03:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Buzz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Hello list, > >Here after, you will find a link to an original movie about

RE: [meteorite-list] RE: The Other Mars Meteorite - LafayetteMeteorite

2004-09-16 Thread VeIocity
Fresh is an understatement... Looks like it's still on descent! __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Loud Booms Reported Over Indiana

2004-09-14 Thread VeIocity
Ah, that would put my mind at rest: "Officials have determined possible sources of the blasts, but don't know exactly, so concerned residents have no need to complain anymore." Right. Allow me to propose a possible source: Practical jokers placing bombs in the treetops. In a message dated 9/1

RE: [meteorite-list] Alien Microbes Could Survive Crash-Landing

2004-09-14 Thread VeIocity
The "life from Mars" fanatics make several leaps of faith in imagining Martian "space seeds," full of viable bacteria, raining down from our skies.  If we accept that the solar planets are all basically the same age, and life first appeared here a few hundred million years after Earth's formatio

Re: [meteorite-list] Enough is Enough, Now NWA 1877

2004-09-13 Thread VeIocity
"therefore better that you of it quiet bushels" probably should read "Therefore, you better keep your mouth shut." I think Mauro is using an online translator for converting Italian to English---such translators often provide amusing results. }=] __ M

Re: [meteorite-list] NPA 10-13-1943: Mystery Blasts May Be Meteors

2004-09-13 Thread VeIocity
In reviewing the reports of skyfalls and bolides and what-have-you, I'm always intrigued with the official explanation having to do with "practical jokers" using high explosives to get their jollies. I've seen this preposterous explanation used in other mystery blast storiesmy favorite was

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching Compounds

2004-09-11 Thread VeIocity
ave experience with FeCl3, or give me an idea of how long I should allow it to react? BTW, I'm plan to use it on Campo and Canyon Diablo. VeIocity __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Etching Compounds

2004-09-10 Thread VeIocity
What's a good source for etching compounds, such as concentrated nitric acid?  Is a 6m nitric too heavy for etching?  Something lighter, maybe 1m nitric?  Thanks for your replies and suggestions! VeIocity __ Meteorite-list mailing list [