On Sun, 27 May 2007 16:51:40 -0700, lal_truckee wrote:
> mimus wrote:
>>
>> This seems to be turning into just another lousy disaster flick, when
>> what I was really wanting to stress was the giant steelies.
>
> Hey now! It wasn't me who set the conditions that 400m (440yd) diameter
> nickel-iron (AKA "steel") objects "fell from outer space onto the
> Earth," which of course implies impacting with a minimum of earth escape
> velocity.
Well . . . the idea was, really, that people would suddenly just have to
deal (mentally) with these big steel balls around the place . . . .
But suddenly people are going all ballistic on me.
> For instance, see my co-authored paper: Bryan, J.B. Burton, D.E.,
> Cunningham, M.E. and Lettis, L.A. Jr. 1978 A two-dimensional computer
> simulation of hypervelocity impact cratering: Some preliminary results
> for Meteor crater, Arizona. Proceedings Lunar and Planetary Science
> Conference 9th, pp. 3931-3964.
>
> This Barringer impactor was demonstratively only 30m diameter or so,
> nickel-iron.
>
> Even that dinky impactor made a big hole.
> <http://www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabase/images/barring.jpg>
Yeah, yeah. I've got some extra vinyl siding in case my house ever gets
hit.
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tinmimus99@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
11 or maybe 12
mp 10
mhm 29x13
Since when is a mechanical cow an act of God?
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