----- Original Message -----
From: Mark E. Hall
To: CounterTerrorism-L@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 7:57 PM
Subject: RE: [CounterTerrorism-L] Discuss Columbia Shuttle and NASA




> I was struck by something tangential but perhaps of some
> small relevance: The way the government keeps telling
> people not to touch any shuttle debris they find but to
> report it, sounds to me somehow reminiscent of the
> government's propaganda about UFOs.
>
> It may just be that I've watched too many UFO shows on
> TV (including one on The History Channel last night).


Well, I can see a couple of reasons for this...one is that people could
pick the stuff up, haul it off, and never return it for the forensic
investigation; pick it up and damage possible clues for the forensic
investigation; and given that there are probably oodles and oodles of
hazardous substances used in the construction of the shuttle, file a
claim against the government for exposure to hazardous materials (I mean
there are nickel based alloys and copper-beryllium alloys in the
shuttle, check out the MSDS sheet for Cu-Be alloys).

Later, MEH



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