Meteorite Quotes

We're obviously very excited about these meteorite discoveries, and we hope that this signals even more discoveries in the future. Manitoba is under-represented in the meteorite game, so this is our chance to climb the meteorite ladder. - Scott Young

This means that certain iron meteorites may tell us what the precursor material for the primordial Earth was like. There's also the possibility that larger versions of this material may still be hiding among the asteroids. The hunt for them is on. - William Bottke

They provide a wonderful glimpse into what Mars was like in the earliest part of its history... It was a violent place. It was a place where meteorite impacts were happening frequently. It was a place where there volcanic explosions happening frequently. Hot stuff was raining from the skies. There was water. When rocks were deposited, water would flow through those rocks and change their chemistry. This is a glimpse into the ancient past of Mars. - Steve Squyres

The evidence is clear that there was repeated bombardment by meteorites. - Robert Duncan

Spirit has given us a wonderful window into the very ancient past of Mars. It was a violent place, a place where meteorite impacts, volcanic explosions happened frequently, where hot stuff was raining from the sky. - Steve Squyres

It's like uncorking the world's most carbonated beverage. What happens when a planet gets decompressed by 50 percent is something we don't understand very well at this stage, but it can shift the chemistry and physics all over the place, producing a complexity of materials that could very well account for the heterogeneity we see in meteorites. - Quentin Williams

It does seem there is a meteorite dumping ground here now, and our expectation is if you spend time looking in this area, you should be able to find lots more meteorites. - Alan Hildebrand

If these meteorites fell on the ice sheet, they would have to have been on Earth for 12,000 years or longer. We now have to make a plan for the Prairie Meteorite Search to further investigate the region next summer and I expect Manitoba could well become Canada's pre-eminent meteorite province during 2006. - Alan Hildebrand

I'd like to be buried Indian-style, where they put you up on a high rack, above the ground. That way, you could get hit by meteorites and not even feel it. - Jack Handy