i suppose he was invited to respond since "Dr. Astro" seems to be the self-appointed resident "expert," although he says he is only an amateur himself, but he is rational and reasonable enough.

however, other than continuing to defend his position that DA14 was *not* related to the blast in the Urals, he has not responded to my message nor the public invite to him i extended in another thread where he was active this morning.

as someone said here already, "data is your friend" so yes the internet is all we have, but it is also a party line to the world, and is thus full of more flux than all the noise in the heavens.