@neiltyson Baseball on the moon wouldn't be TV friendly: "A shot to deep center! It's going, going, going, going, going, going ..."
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@neiltyson Is the gravity of the moon too much to try and throw a pitch around the whole moon?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson But imagine the dingers!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson What would happen if you tried a curve ball? -
@Penn36@neiltyson No "curve" to speak of. Air resistance against the seams of the ball wouldn't be enough to cause it to break. -
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@neiltyson Oh, so it would just go in a straight line then... thanks for clarifying that. -
@Penn36@neiltyson No worries! I'm no astrophysicist, but I threw enough dud breaking balls to understand the importance of air resistance!
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@neiltyson Are you enjoying what-if.xkcd (.com)?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson would the ball be much faster on the moon or would it have the same speed just not decelerate as fast?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson No curve balls on the moon.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson THANKS, DAD, I HAD NO IDEA. On a side note, wtf is up with you and your raging baseball boner?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson that ball is going going going going…………..Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Or any interesting pitching; Bernoulli's Priniciple drives all ML pitching. Late breaking fastballs make good pitchers great.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Congrats on your 100★ tweet! http://favstar.fm/t/222845210365927425 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Which is to say you can play baseball on the moon, but you can't pitch. :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Wouldn't the back fence have to be pretty far away? With no air for friction and much lower gravity?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson would they curve or spin in place?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson AND the low gravity means that a home run hits the Earth....Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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