> -=> On 01-23-98 21:54, Jack Sargeant said to All,<=-
> -=>"About Mars Rock, Earth Rock, Ma...,"<=-
> Hi, Jack;
> JS> Scientists theorize that a meteor struck Mars eons ago, knocking
> JS> a rock into space which eventually found its way to Earth.
> JS> What if the rock had originated on Earth, a meteor struck Earth,
> JS> knocked the rock all the way to Mars, where another meteor then
> JS> struck Mars, knocking the same rock all the way back to Earth.
> JS> ...Seems just as feasible to me.
> Don't think so. For a meteor to strike one planet, (Earth or
> Mars...
> or even a planet of another solar system... or even before this
> solar
> system was more than a disk of dust), with enough force to send a
> rock
> into space, where it found it's way to another planet, I consider
> possible. But for ANOTHER meteor to hit close enough to the
> landing spot
> to knock the SAME rock back to it's planet of origin... that would
> have
> to be the cosmic pool shot of all time! (And that means TRILLIONS
> of
> years!!!) No, in the words of Spock, it is not logical. The odds
> against it are so high that not even a Cray - or Deep Thought, (of
> Hitchiker's Guide), could compute it in 42 and 1/2 billion years!
> Catchj you later... Keep l00king up!
> Ivy
Who are you to deny me my fantasies?
Regards,
Jack
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