NEW MEXICO FIREBALL


	NEW MEXICO FIREBALL

kmcolo

9-15-2007 4:28 PM

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space, new mexico

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9-16-2007 12:10 AM

skwirlinator

Isn't there a spaceport or something in NM?

9-16-2007 7:45 AM

kmcolo

Spaceport America

9-16-2007 1:28 PM

neochonetes

Very cool! Thanks for the clip.

9-16-2007 7:42 PM

constantskeptic

definite spaceport central, like the one that was in giza, except the axis has shifted since then and the earth's wobble is different now. Probably just confirms that the age of aquarius is in full force. I look forward to the coming ice age as an opportunity to snowboard more.

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