[FPSPACE] The COMET that killed the dinosaur

[E.P. Grondine]

Hi Doug - 

Thanks for the citations. I've responded to your 
note to the meteorite list, and will repost that 
response here later.

"Each of these scientists believes this because 
they have woven a scenario on how they think it 
went down and these are the deductions from their
interpretations of their theories. There is 
no absolute answers knowable yet, just a lot of 
foam trials on the sea."

This is roughly 20 years since the Chicxulub 
crater was located, and this lack of essential 
answers is one of the reason Morrison and Weiler 
need to be relieved.

No money = no research, and this is a vital issue. 
This lack of impact research funding goes straight
across the board, including more recent cometary impacts.
The impact mega-tsunami and the holocene start comet impact 
researchers are running on very little, usually money outside of
Weiler and Morrison's control. Morrison's 
opposition to cometary impact is well known, 
and the funding bias is obvious.

The other reason to relieve Weiler and Morrison 
is that NASA's NEO detection budget will be 
around $3.5 million again this year, out of a NASA 
budget of $18,700 million.

If they won't take responsibility, we need people 
in their positions who will.

E.P. Grondine
Man and Impact in the Americas
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