http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/12/dinosaurs-in-space/ Where Paleontology Meets Pop Culture Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:48:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/12/dinosaurs-in-space/comment-page-1/#comment-5578 Rosa Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:43:58 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=6878#comment-5578 And the news hook for this piece is....???? And the news hook for this piece is….????

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/12/dinosaurs-in-space/comment-page-1/#comment-5575 Matija Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:50:40 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=6878#comment-5575 Actually, those need not have been the first (nonavian) dinosaurs in space. We have meteorites from Mars and the Moon that were ejected from those planets by asteroid impacts. No meteorites originating from Earth have been found yet (tectites are plentiful but they are suborbital), and once I was told by an expert that the last impact big enough to launch stuff off Earth was the K-T event. So dinosaur pieces might have been launched into space 65 million years ago, if in less than pristine condition. So a fossil in a meteorite (or at least in a tectite) would be cool, if extremely unlikely. Actually, those need not have been the first (nonavian) dinosaurs in space. We have meteorites from Mars and the Moon that were ejected from those planets by asteroid impacts. No meteorites originating from Earth have been found yet (tectites are plentiful but they are suborbital), and once I was told by an expert that the last impact big enough to launch stuff off Earth was the K-T event. So dinosaur pieces might have been launched into space 65 million years ago, if in less than pristine condition. So a fossil in a meteorite (or at least in a tectite) would be cool, if extremely unlikely.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/12/dinosaurs-in-space/comment-page-1/#comment-5567 Zhen Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:07:45 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=6878#comment-5567 I smell a Hollywood Blockbuster in the future. I smell a Hollywood Blockbuster in the future.

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