What's that scar on your hand?

[okgo]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/sc...

Pretty much the best reason in the world. Awesome!!!!1

[esselte]

It "bounced off his hand" and caused a foot wide crater? One of those I don't beleive....

[DIW35]

I like the bit in the report where it says it 'bounced' off his hand before making a 1 foot crater in the ground. I hardly expect anything doing 30,000 mph would bounce off anything.

ETA Beaten to it

Edited by DIW35 on Friday 12th June 11:00

[okgo]

Obviously it tore straight through his hand. Or as you say it's bs.

[Neil_H]

DIW35 said:

I like the bit in the report where it says it 'bounced' off his hand before making a 1 foot crater in the ground. I hardly expect anything doing 30,000 mph would bounce off anything.

ETA Beaten to it

Edited by DIW35 on Friday 12th June 11:00

If it left a 3 inch scar it sounds like it brushed his hand, rather than a direct hit.

Surely the odds are higher than 1 in a million?

[esselte]

Perhaps he should have had one of these..

[robinhood21]

Possibly hit the ground first and damage to hand caused by flying concrete/pavement/whatever.

[Murray993]

we need a pic of the hole it made.

I think they meant glanced off his hand at 30,000 mile an hour leaving a nasty graze...

[ewenm]

esselte said:

Perhaps he should have had one of these..

Member of the EarthCrossers?


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Edited by ewenm on Friday 12th June 11:09

[Engineer1]

Murray993 said:

we need a pic of the hole it made.

I think they meant glanced off his hand at 30,000 mile an hour leaving a nasty graze...

NO NO NO we all know that it must have killed him, being hit by something travelling at 30000 mph must be lethal

[NitroNick]

If the chances are "just 1 in a million" then why is there only 1 other recorded case?

Who would you sue for an injury caused like this? ....god?

Personally I think its BS, the real story is that an intergalactic sniper with poor aim wants this kid dead!

[Murray993]

NitroNick said:

If the chances are "just 1 in a million" then why is there only 1 other recorded case?

Who would you sue for an injury caused like this? ....god?

Personally I think its BS, the real story is that an intergalactic sniper with poor aim wants this kid dead!

Sue the sniper, Duh.

[Martial Arts Man]

Neil_H said:

DIW35 said:

I like the bit in the report where it says it 'bounced' off his hand before making a 1 foot crater in the ground. I hardly expect anything doing 30,000 mph would bounce off anything.

ETA Beaten to it

Edited by DIW35 on Friday 12th June 11:00

If it left a 3 inch scar it sounds like it brushed his hand, rather than a direct hit.

Surely the odds are higher than 1 in a million?

The quote could also have been read as meaning he had a 1/1000000 chance of survival.

[Dr_Gonzo]

More bad science reporting. How the hell can you quantify the chances of surviving a meteorite strike as 1 in a million? Rather round figure; what sort of sample size did they have to come up with that one? And like others have said, there's no way that hit his hand and THEN made a crater in the ground. You'd get a bit more than 'a nasty 3 inch scar' with that sort of energy involved. I think the 14 y/o actually wrote the article.

[V8mate]

Dr_Gonzo said:

I think the 14 y/o actually wrote the article.

Show and tell.

[Jasandjules]

Maybe just a glancing blow past his hand near enough to tear the skin?

[V8mate]

Jasandjules said:

Maybe just a glancing blow past his hand near enough to tear the skin?

Near enough to tear the skin AND send his whole boy flying

[g_attrill]

I am also dubious in that the articles don't mention any corroborating evidence for the event, for example people who heard it, how they got the fragment out, pictures of the "crater" (there is a pothole in one photo, but the tarmac repair looks old).