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Re: (meteorobs) TIME-SENSITIVE QUERY: NZ Daylight Bolide July 7 1999
At 01:02 PM 1999-07-12 -0400, you wrote:
>------- Forwarded Message
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>Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 21:03:20 +1200
>From: Viv Auty <viv.auty@xtra.co.nz>
>To: phys105@physdot canterbury.ac.nz, fidac@imodot net, meteorobs@latrade.com,
> peter@max.arc.nasadot gov, peter@danlon.physics.uwodot ca
>Subject: NZ Daylight Bolide July 7 1999
[snip]
>...Regret
>unable to recommend release of SR71 from Moffet Field, due to
>obstrcution and misinformation by national media authorities.... could
>not establkish possible stratospheriv aerosols until the 15hr "window of
>opportunity had elapsed, and frontal/rain weather was imminent.....
WOW... for a BOLIDE, an SR-71 Blackbird would be flown to the site to
attempt to collect atmospheric debris??!! I guess I don't really object,
but I'm VERY surprised such a mission would be considered to be of such
potential value as to spend all those tens of millions of dollars!!
SteveH
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