Meteorite Men | S03 E04 | Dronino Russia

Geoff’s paternal grandparents were born in Belarus and he is thrilled at the opportunity to return to “Mother Russia“ for the first time in twelve years on a meteorite hunt with local experts. After a visit to Red Square, and the historic and recently-reopened Moscow Planetarium and its impressive space rock collection, Steve and Geoff head for the Cossack-founded town of Kasimov and the hunting grounds. Once they reach the strewnfield, the MM must contend with giant biting flies, heaps of buried trash, tank parts, and the 24-Hour Party People (AKA the Russian meteorite hunting team), while searching for an extremely rare type of iron meteorite known as an ataxite. Also: Geoff has a moment under the statue of his hero, Yuri Gagarin, and Steve stays up all night drinking vodka with the Russians in a forest. A FRIENDLY REQUEST FROM GEOFF NOTKIN OF “METEORITE MEN“ Please like this video and subscribe to this channel. YOUR support and interest helps us create new, free, original, science, adventure, and educational programming for YouTube, like “Fireball Steve,“ “Views on Space / Views from Space,“ and “Meteorite Minute,“ all of which you can view on this channel. THANK YOU!