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Re: The Real Stars
Calvin Shipbaugh wrote:
>
> Ok, I'll give you Cape York and Imilac on reconsideration. And I'll go
> for a tie with Sahara E3 and fresh looking Hamada du Draa. But I just
> don't think the Ruby meteorite* has as much pizzazz as 1997 XF11, or
> that Canyon Diablo matches the K-T impactor: that one seems to have
> made a lot of species disappear (a pretty impressive magic act).
>
> * Besides, I heard that if you gave the award to the Ruby Meteorite, it
> wouldn't be able to show up to accept.
Well I just don't consider a math error to be much science fiction.
True, the K-T was a much bigger event, but I was going for what people
can see and relate to.
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