Posted by tourdemars to Meteorites at July 23, 2003 12:00 PM

A fist sized chunk of Mars rock will be flown to Birmingham next month amid tight security to give that other world feel to the city's astronomy week celebrations. The piece of Martian meteorite, insured for £25,000, is to be delivered to Soho House Museum for the Destination Mars exhibition for National Astronomy Week starting on August 23.