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Abstract:
This paper was prepared in response to being awarded the Hypervelocity Impact Society's Distinguished Scientist Award at HVIS 2003 held in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. It is traditional that the paper associated with the HVIS Distinguished Scientist Award is a retrospective on the recipient's career. This paper is in that tradition.