Posted on 08/13/2005 10:50:38 AM PDT by drlevy88
FORGET dangers from giant meteors: Earth is facing another threat from outer space. Scientists have come to the conclusion that two mysterious explosions in the 1990s were caused by bizarre cosmic missiles.
The two objects were picked up by earthquake detectors as they tore through Earth at up to 900,000 mph. According to scientists, the most plausible explanation is that they were "strangelets", clumps of matter that have so far defied detection but whose existence was posited 20 years ago.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Strangelets - I think my wife cooks those breakfast...
Why would you want that, sicko?
I think I was married to a strangelet.
She wasn't very big but she weighed me down considerably. And she had more than a few quarks.
Has anyone figured out how man has caused this and what we need to give up toe prevent this?</sarcam>
That is a great picture! LOL
Really? I don't think I've ever read him. Got titles?
I usually just have a plate of 'Weirdlets' left over in the 'fridge from the previous night.
I think mass remains constant.
I had a blind date with a "strangelette" once.
Huh? Whatever
"I've come face to face with several "strangelets" where I work ..."
Hah! I married one.
Not so! "Damage" would not be proportional to the kinetic energy of the projectile, but rather to the kinetic energy the projectile leaves in the struck body. If the projectile hardly slows down while transiting the struck body, as is the case here, little energy is left in that body.
That is why big, fat, relatively slow .45 ACP slugs are such good "stoppers." They dump most, if not all, of their energy into the "target."
There are other factors at work, as well, such as how much energy is used to deform, or "damage," the projectile itself, as opposed to the "target," which may not be a factor in this case.
AND
Larry Niven specializes in "black-hole-dropped-into-[planet]-and-eating-it-from-the-inside"-type stories.
Tongue firmly in cheek...check.
Tinfoil hat in place...check.
Pseudoscience mode engaged...check.
Maybe this is a rational explanation for cases of Spontaneous Human Cumbustion.
IF we could get a small enough piece, and aim it right, we could make a killing marketing it as a diet aid.
This is about strangelets, something different than a black hole. They are not as dense as black holes. It's a state of quarks. The whole earth would turn into strange quarks.
Only thing, I wonder how many times that cosmic rays have intersected within the earth already, without producing any strange results.
shooT! like I don't have enough on my plate already!
I say we build tiny "jai alai" receptors and throw them right back.
According to my calculations, that's Warp 2.38!
Has NASA been doing secret research on Warp drive?
Hey if it worked for John Candy in "Spaceballs" it ought to work for us. I'll have DARPA get in touch.
But personally I'm not willing to settle for such small-scale disasters. Forget your strangelets, your supervolcanos, asteroid or comet impacts - they're for chumps! I'm not settling for anything less than a nearby supernova explosion!
not really. light = 186,000mps not mph
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