Meteorites

[Neil Templar]

i dreamed of meteors falling from the sky into my old childhood neighbourhood.
i ran to the crater and picked up the ball of glowing rock.
it was the size of a basketball.
then another fell, and again i ran to collect it before anyone else could.
i had to get them before any officials could, or they'd be lost to humanity. something like that.

[sleeper]

what did they feel like in your hands?

[Tom]

There was a 14-year-old kid who was hit by one recently and he got a 3 inch cut on his hand.

[CFTraveler]

I wonder if you went to this kid and experienced what happened to him?

[Neil Templar]

the big one in my hands was crispy, like a layer of crust which kinda crumbled in my hands. then i could feel an energy emanating from within.
i didn't feel much with the second one. i was more concerned with not letting the "people in charge" get their hands on it.

i heard about that kid getting hit by one today. how cool!

[sleeper]

Note: some of these stories are extremely long and hard to read. the first link is by far the most important one and the only one you gotta read.

News Stories:

Military Hush-Up: Incoming Space Rocks Now Classified
By Leonard David
SPACE.com's Space Insider Columnist
posted: 10 June 2009
05:35 pm ET
http://www.space.com/news/090610-mil...fireballs.html


US army decides to cover up fireballs from space
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/...100204026.html

Sattelite collision could pose space threat:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29147679/

International Academy of Astronautics
STUDIES AND POSITION PAPERS
http://iaaweb.org/content/view/229/356/
- I posted this here so you could scroll down and see that the Position Paper on Orbital Debris is "under construction(has been for 4 years)" and has not yet been posted; i.e. it is unavailable.
A quote:
"(3) The unique case of 2008 TC3 showed that even with the current survey systems it is possible to detect a small NEA very close to impact, accurately predict the impact time and place, and recover meteorites. "
part of what they're saying, seems to be calibration; i.e. they want to detect and recover meteorites and calibrate their equipment and equations to be more accurate as a "first line of defense" against "near earth objects" which they plan to shoot down with nuclear weapons if necessary.

ps. - you can view the Declaration of Principles Concerning Activities Following the Detection of Extraterrestrial Intelligence here as well.


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