CompuServe Messages

Hi, Al and folks– Bubbles of Earth air are indeed troublesome for lunar-origin theories of tektites. I wonder how possible it is that air bubbles would be inserted into a lunar tektite during entry into Earth's atmosphere? Old theories have a way of hanging around long after their demise. It is easy to imagine a dealer who only sells tektites as one of many wares, and spends only enough time to read an old book or label, or talk to someone who has read that old book, passing along an older theory to a customer. I would indeed be peeved at being handed an old theory presented as "fact" with my specimens. But even assuming tektites are from Earth does not steal much of their charm in my eyes, since they come from such spectacular impacts of objects from outer space. –Doug