Brent, By definition, mud is sediment with roughly equal parts of sand, silt and clay. Dry mud is this material that has had the water evaporate leaving only a low moisture content. Rodger Fry -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+rcfry=comcast.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+rcfry=comcast.net@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Brent Watson Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 12:59 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] iPad free fall from "edge of space" What is dry mud? ________________________________ From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 7:15 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] iPad free fall from "edge of space" On 07 Jan 2012, at 19:01, Chuck Hards wrote:
LMAO, Thanks for the suggestion Patrick, but it still wouldn't make it more interesting. Sports cars are best left on the road. Trust me.
A bowling ball, on the other hand...hmmm...
Now, that would have a good chance of going supersonic. And maybe making a discernable crater in the salt flats. ;-)
I'm still planning another drop and hopefully Ann will reprise her role as bombardier. Next time, however, I want to be higher and drop several objects of varying size and density in hopes of creating a strewn field. I've already got a small collection of objects. I just wish someone would donate a real meteorite... :) For folks who do not know what Chuck and I are talking about: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/%7Epaw/METEOR01.HTML and http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-03-02-meteor-bowling_x.htm patrick p.s. Another car skydive that didn't go quite as planned: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm_pLW4ymEk _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php