[meteorite-list] "Hotter Than Any Known Star"

[Pete Pete]

Hi, Darren and all,

Gravity couldn't have been the hang-up, otherwise repeated attempts at 
creating them would not have been made. Why even start a hopeless 
experiment?
(Definition of insanity ..."doing the same thing over and over and expecting 
different results."
Benjamin Franklin  
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/benjaminfr109067.html )

The articles that I've come across are at least four years old.
They had come somewhat close, but no cigar. They just can't make a "real" 
chondrule.
Is anyone aware of more current attempts?

I'm sure its just getting the right combination of high temps and pressures, 
and the interesting article I posted sparked the thought.

I'm just curious - I find the little guys fascinating!

Cheers,
Pete


From: Darren Garrison <cynapse at charter.net>
Reply-To: cynapse at charter.net
To: "Pete Pete" <rsvp321 at hotmail.com>
CC: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Hotter Than Any Known Star"
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:22:25 -0500

On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 06:45:30 -0500, you wrote:

 >
 >Good morning, all,
 >
 >This item has got me thinking: I've read a few articles that in the past
 >laboratories have attempted to create chondrules, but failed.
 >
 >Is anyone on the List familiar with what was the major obstacle, and is it
 >an endeavour that's still tried from time to time?

One obsticle would probably be that pesky thing that we call gravity.