[meteorite-list] The NJO/science project

[tracy latimer]

I like the term "entuberated".  I will have to pass that along to one of my 
friends who, like those teens, is fascinated by archaic and unconventional 
armament.  He has built a spud gun, a ballista, a trebuchet, several Tesla 
projects, and is active in the SCA; while he always practices as much safety 
as possible, some of his experimental weapons have equally unconventional 
results.  One of the more notorious stories involves a homemade cannon, New 
Year's Eve, and 3 slightly drunk friends involved in loading said cannon.  
The end result, while non-damaging, hurled the cannon off its truck and 
deafened at least a block radius.

I can easily see someone who, while experimenting with a homemade rail gun 
or some such, "lost" a projectile and is reluctant to 'fess up, especially 
when property damage is involved.

Tracy Latimer
>
>     Of course, it could be thrown by many other means
>than explosive ones. A nine second fall in the Earth's
>gravitational field will yield a 200 mph velocity after
>falling from 1300 feet. And, frankly, a six-second fall
>(570 feet, 130 mph) is enough to puncture that roof
>and ceiling.
>     It is reported to be an 11-ounce object. Shall we
>have a contest to see how many ways we can think
>of to lob an 11-ounce chunk 600 feet high? Or maybe
>just turn the job over to some bored teen-agers? (I
>have an otherwise sane friend fascinated by potato
>cannons; he can lob a near-kilogram Idaho more
>than a kilometer! By some miracle, he has never
>entuberated a living target...)

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