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		Last July, a piece of Mars fell on Morocco (telegraph.co.uk)		14
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TheOther

2012-01-17 07:42:55 PM

Was Morocco marred?

davidphogan

2012-01-17 07:52:19 PM

At the prices in that article, I'd love to find a few pounds of Mars.

TheOther

2012-01-17 08:06:29 PM

AdolfOliverPanties

2012-01-17 08:44:16 PM

No way a chick like that goes for a shrimp pale ginger-like bastard like E. No way.

JohnAnnArbor

2012-01-17 10:19:48 PM

My 200th greenlight. Do I get a gold star?

Eats Kittens

2012-01-17 10:28:21 PM

JohnAnnArbor: My 200th greenlight. Do I get a gold star?

Denied. All the sucky life hacker articles don't count.

maq0r

2012-01-17 10:32:33 PM

Can someone please explain me how this works? How can a rock (I'm assuming a huge rock) can escape from Mars gravity and hit all the way to Earth?

Or is this some rock from like millions of years ago when the planets where formed?

maq0r

2012-01-17 10:33:47 PM

maq0r: Can someone please explain me how this works? How can a rock (I'm assuming a huge rock) can escape from Mars gravity and hit all the way to Earth?

Or is this some rock from like millions of years ago when the planets where formed?

Ah, nevermind, actually read the article.

So this means there are still rocks from Earth hitting other planets? (back when the moon was formed)

ChrisDe

2012-01-18 12:33:47 AM

JohnAnnArbor: My 200th greenlight. Do I get a gold star?

Why settle for gold? Ask for a chunk of Mars star.

TV's Vinnie

2012-01-18 01:04:55 AM

After being in space for millions of years, doesn't it lose that sort of "Mars" mystique about it? I grew up in San Diego but moved away long ago. Probably now spent more of my life outside of San Diego than in it. Do I have to still call myself a San Diegoan?

Foxxinnia

2012-01-18 01:26:44 AM

FTFA:he prices value the rock at about ten times the worth of gold.

fark the gold standard. Let's go to the Mars standard. RON PAUL

Scaryduck

2012-01-18 08:06:30 AM

"The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million-to-one, they say. But still, they came."

roughridersfan

2012-01-18 10:49:21 AM

TV's Vinnie: After being in space for millions of years, doesn't it lose that sort of "Mars" mystique about it? I grew up in San Diego but moved away long ago. Probably now spent more of my life outside of San Diego than in it. Do I have to still call myself a San Diegoan?

Depends how you feel about it.

I grew up in a small town in Saskatchewan and will always consider myself a "Saskatchewan boy" rather than a Manitoban. My hometown is Saskatchewan will always be #1 in my heart, despite not having lived there for over half of my life.

jbtilley

2012-01-18 11:51:51 AM

FTA: Astronomers believe that millions of years ago something large collided with Mars, spraying rock into space where it began gliding through the solar system until a piece entered Earth's atmosphere.
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One dealer, who acquired the rocks from the people who found them, said he charges between £7,200 ($11,000) and £15,000 ($22,500) per ounce and has already sold most of his stock.

Sounds like astronomers attempting to drive up the price of meteorites via market speculation.

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