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- From: hinz@picard.med.ge.com (David Hinz (hinz@picard.med.ge.com))
- Subject: Re: Cheap Mars Rocks (was Re: Moon Dust For Sale)
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- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 07:07:45 GMT
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- Henry Spencer (henry@zoo.toronto.edu) wrote:
- : In article <1993Jan9.041013.27969@siemens.com> aad@siemens.com (Anthony Datri) writes:
- : >I must admit some skepticism wrt meteorites that are claimed to have been
- : >ejected from Luna and Mars.
- :
- : The evidence for the lunar meteorites is pretty convincing. The Mars ones
- : aren't as solidly established, but they're getting there.
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- OK, someone has to ask...
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- By what mechanism do these rocks get here? Volcanic action & random launching?
- How do they acheive escape velocity? Why do they end up so often in
- Antarctica? Or are they just more visible there? Do they come in swarms,
- or randomly? What is the meaning of life? ((oops, sorry, got into question
- mode, and, well, you know....))
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