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Meteorite Bowling
La Camiseta writes "According to this article from the Guardian Unlimited Observer, some members of the Salt Lake Astronomical Society want to drop bowling balls from airplanes onto the Utah salt flats to simulate meteorites falling. Unfortunately, it's hit a few snags."
They could be dropping Ipod's and other mp3 players instead. I guess that would recieve some attention... "First mp3 player in space bombs".
Of course, it wouldn't really be in space. But who trusts newspaper headlines anyway?
Snags??? I suppose you mean the TOWN under the area they wanted to drop the balls on. Doh!
-- If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done? - Uli's moose
On the other hand, I suppose if they get a little bit of english on the ball....
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I used to think that toilets on airplanes were like the toilets on train - open underneath.
That would make for some interesting meteorites no?
Daniel
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The should contact David Letterman - he has all sorts of experience with this sort of stuff.
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'Released high in the atmosphere, the balls would reach the same velocity as a meteorite. Then we would discover if they bounced off, punched through or exploded,'
I went to college with a guy who tried a similar experiment with a bowling ball and my dorm. Oddly enough, he was the one that was bounced.
'We're not stupid,' added Wiggins.
All I could think of after reading the article was Chief Wiggins and Ralph dropping heavy things out of an airplane.
"Dropping things is fun, huh daddy?"
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some members of the Salt Lake Astronomical Society want to drop bowling balls from airplanes onto the Utah salt flats to simulate meteorites falling. Unfortunately, it's hit a few snags
Well, that shouldn't be a problem... a 4,000 mile-per-hour bowling ball probably wouldn't have any problem plowing straight through any snags that got in the way.
"Your superior intellect is no match for our puny weapons!"
but what if it lands on your wife.
Like we say in Nevada, better a few snags than a few hags.
"...some members of the Salt Lake Astronomical Society want to drop bowling balls from airplanes..."
Who doesn't?
You're reading /. and don't know how to spell the name of a Simpson's character? I hope you live in the part of Utah that will allow this to happen. :p
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I guess dropping bowling balls from planes is right up the insane person's alley. Sometimes one just needs an open frame of mind to understand things of this magnitude. I don't see the problem here; I think these people would spare no expense to ensure these bowling balls wouldn't strike anyone.
I'll bet the council that makes the decision will have a 7-10 split as to wether or not this should be allowed to happen. Those turkeys.
Well just mod me -7 pun.
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