Using the questions below as a jump-off point, respond to one of these assigned readings (200 words minimum) and then to at least two other students posts

Mesopotamian Deep Impact! The Kofels site has long mystified geologists and historians alike. Referring to at least two details from the Nic Fleming article, describe what the event was, and which book helped bring it into the public consciousness. State who Mark Hempsell is and what the new explanation is. Then decide whether you find it plausible or implausible, after considering Blue Collar Scientist’s rebuttal. (at least 200 words)

Here’s a story about devastation of a more ancient vintage, the Mesopotamian Deep Impact:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/3337909/Clay-tablet-holds-clue-to-asteroid-mystery.html (Links to an external site.)

Hempsell’s Kofels research site (archived):

http://web.archive.org/web/20090531011108/http://www.bris.ac.uk:80/aerospace/research/dynamicsandsystems/kofels (Links to an external site.)

To be fair, here’s a rebuttal to that argument, by the late great Blue Collar Scientist:

http://web.archive.org/web/20090604213958/http://bluecollarscientist.com/2008/04/16/a-response-to-mark-hempsell/ (Links to an external site.)

another site:

http://web.archive.org/web/20090604213958/http:/bluecollarscientist.com/2008/04/16/a-response-to-mark-hempsell/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.