'A meteorite smashed through my roof' The chances of being hit by a chunk of space rock are measured in the billions-to-one. Roy Fausset, 59, had the closest of escapes last month when what scientists now say was a meteorite crashed through his New Orleans home. I walked through my front door and it was like a mortar bomb had fallen on my house. Most space rocks burn up in the sky There was dust all over the floor of the entrance way and the two doors leading to a utility room and the powder room had been blown open....