Bridenstine, on planetary defense: the evidence is clear. The dinosaurs did not have a space program. We do.
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Replying to @jeff_foust
Yes, the dinosaurs made an unfortunate commitment to a giant government-built rocket, and Elon Muskasaurus went extinct in the meteor impact.
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Replying to @Rand_Simberg @jeff_foust
There's nothing in defn of meteor that says it doesn't impact: A small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere, becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light.
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Replying to @kchangnyt @jeff_foust
The part that impacts is called a meteorite.
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Replying to @Rand_Simberg @jeff_foust
No, the part that survives the impact is called a meteorite. Of course, most of the impactor is vaporized. I've never seen anyone say the dinosaurs died out because of a meteorite impact.
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Replying to @kchangnyt @jeff_foust
True. It probably didn't make much difference to the dinosaurs, though.
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Only the pedantic ones.
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Replying to @kchangnyt @jeff_foust
Yes, but as we both learned in paleontology class, they were legion.
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