(meteorobs) Artificial meteor experiment

[bob71741]

I think that you have a very valid point. The words for the news
summary were mis-chosen because they were probably written by a media
type and not a scientist. The "experiment" does suggest that life
would not survive, but only for this specific scenario.


--- In meteorobs at yahoogroups.com, Richard Kramer <kramer at ...> wrote:
>
> I don't understand the conclusion that living organisms could not 
> survive a reentry. Isn't it true that these simulated meteors would 
> have been subjected to high temperatures considerably longer than 
> would be the case with a natural meteor? If so, then the conclusion 
> that the heating would destroy all life up to 2 cm deep in the rock 
> would probably not apply to a natural meteor. Or is there something 
> that I'm overlooking?
> 
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