To: freepersup
yes, I noted the same.
The tiles have lower density and if any survived to the ground (which I doubt) they should be "earlier" in the ground track.
The tiles would be laying in California's forests of the Sierras or in the deserts of California-Nevada-Arizona. Finding a 2 inch tile remnant in that huge desert seems improbable.
Finding a crater from a aluminum or steel object going 200 mph seems far more likely.
I wonder if citizens could be used to scan the area east of Tonopah for the object seen by astronomers in California.
1,777 posted on
02/14/2003 10:50:39 AM PST by
bonesmccoy
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To: bonesmccoy
It seems a daunting task, but worthy of the effort. I wonder if NASA will reach the same conclusion/s and be motivated to look for clues uprange ? I appreciate your effort in cranking out the math calculations.
NASA stated that they had scoured around 70% of one significant wide ranging debris field and 80% of another in Texas. I was surprised to see the percentage as high as it was.
1,782 posted on
02/14/2003 11:00:01 AM PST by
freepersup
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