[meteorite-list] Meteorite Hammer Time - You Pick the Target!

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:59:26 -0500
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW-M6LFNM9FN-SzzeRrhqRD3nemgOu9cJVcabLzHTampbA_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Gang,

I appreciate the comments and advice about caution when getting on the
roof. I've done roofing work (when I was much younger and braver),
and I get on roof occasionally to cut back overhanging limbs of a big
oak we have right behind the house.

But, the only suitable place to do this crazy experiment is a patch of
yard, behind the house, privacy fenced off from the world - so my
neighbors won't think I've lost my mind when they see me throwing
rocks off the roof. The area of roof near that target patch of yard
has a steep pitch and I'm not comfortable about trying this on that
precarious part of the roof. So, I will not get on the roof.

All of the target suggestions I am getting are being noted and taken
into consideration. I've heard a couple of good ones and I will
announce what the official target(s) may be. :)

One last thought, on a more serious note - I always have the deepest
respect for the special nature and meaning of meteorites. We are only
temporary caretakers on their unthinkably-long voyage through space
and time. They have moved through the cold vacuum of space for
billions of years and have experienced violent collisions. There is
no amount of abuse or shock I can put this meteorite through that it
hasn't experienced before. And science isn't being hurt if one of
probably 50,000 unclassified weathered H5 stones is hurled at a cake
or globe, or whatever.

I have been keeping copies of all the items being nominated and will
be selecting one or more objects for destruction very soon. :)

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 11/12/11, R. Chastain <suenrod at yahoo.com> wrote:
> OK...another one....a bottle of  Maker's Mark and sell filtered shots of the
> aftermath:-)
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
> To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 8:19 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hammer Time - You Pick the Target!
>
> Hi Listees,
>
> Let me state now, at the start, this post is SILLY.  If you are
> aggravated or offended by meteorite-related silliness on this List,
> then stop reading and delete this post now.
>
> Ok, you were warned.
>
> Tomorrow is my birthday (41 going on 16) and I have indulged in a rare
> pleasure - a few shots of Maker's Mark.  This has made me a bit silly
> and a pointless idea spontaneously erupted from my sodded brain...
>
> Have you ever wondered what would happen if a falling meteorite struck
> a certain object?
>
> Now you can find out.
>
> I have an unclassified NWA chondrite of dubious worth.  It is
> weathered.  It is ugly.  It's probably an H5 chondrite.  It weighs 851
> grams (1.87 pounds).
>
> Photos of the HAMMER SMASHER METEORITE :
>
> http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/smasher-1.jpg
> http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/smasher-2.jpg
>
> I am going to use this meteorite to SMASH objects that you nominate
> for destruction!
>
> Here is how this will work :
>
> I will accept nominations from the List for objects that will be
> hammered by this meteorite.
>
> Once a nomination is selected, I will take the object out into my
> backyard and place it on the ground.  I will set up a camera to
> capture the resulting mayhem on video.  I will then climb onto my roof
> and hurl the meteorite at the object with the intent of doing some
> serious damage to the target object.  Then I will upload the video to
> YouTube for hammer voyeurs around the world to watch.
>
> Some rules about nominating objects :
>
> 1) I am a man of very modest means.  This means I cannot, and will
> not, smash any flat screen plasma televisions, iPads, Ferrari
> windshields, priceless antiques, or other objects which are expensive
> or difficult to acquire.  The objects nominated should be common items
> that are easily available and inexpensive.
>
> 2) Resist the temptation to nominate politicians (of any party affiliation).
>
> 3) I will select a winning nominee based on a combination of -
> creativity and smashability.
>
> 4) If someone wants to donate an object for smashing, I will consider
> and accept donated objects based on the criteria laid out in #3 above.
> You will bear the cost of shipping the object to me and return
> shipping if you want the shattered remnants of the objects returned to
> you.
>
> Let the nominations begin!
>
> MikeG
>
>
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Received on Sun 13 Nov 2011 09:59:26 PM PST