http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/inside-the-smithsonians-mete.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 13:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/inside-the-smithsonians-mete.html#comment-1385937 noah django Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152488#comment-1385937  OOOOOOOOooooooohHH!  Sure, I get it now.  thx.  OOOOOOOOooooooohHH!  Sure, I get it now.  thx.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/inside-the-smithsonians-mete.html#comment-1385433 timquinn Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152488#comment-1385433 No, they are looking at tiny gas pockets caught inside the once molten stone. Still pristine, even after the crazy delivery system has done its damnedest. No, they are looking at tiny gas pockets caught inside the once molten stone. Still pristine, even after the crazy delivery system has done its damnedest.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/inside-the-smithsonians-mete.html#comment-1385265 noah django Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152488#comment-1385265 neat.  my immediate question after reading your post was "haven't meteorites by definition already landed on Earth and are therefore totally contaminated before they can be collected by the Smithsonian?"  they never explicitly answer this in the video, but i infer that since these are Antarctic meteorites, the Earthbound contaminants these rocks encounter are nil, yes? neat.  my immediate question after reading your post was “haven’t meteorites by definition already landed on Earth and are therefore totally contaminated before they can be collected by the Smithsonian?”  they never explicitly answer this in the video, but i infer that since these are Antarctic meteorites, the Earthbound contaminants these rocks encounter are nil, yes?

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