(meteorobs) Artificial meteor experiment

[Thomas Ashcraft]

Of possible interest to those interested in 
meteoroids/meteors/meteorites that may be carrying living organisms.


http://www.astrobio.net/news/article2889.html

"In 1999, ESA created the first artificial meteorite experiment in 
space, STONE-1, which tested the effects of entry into the Earth's 
atmosphere on samples of igneous and sedimentary rock as well as a 
simulated sample of martian regolith. Since then, further STONE 
experiments have tested the effects on different rock types and 
biological traces. During descent, the re-entry capsule reaches a 
velocity of 7.6 kilometres per second, slightly lower than normal 
meteorite velocities of 12-15 kilometres per second. "