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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 10 Jul 2012

    You can play baseball on the airless Moon, but only if you find a way not to suffocate & if you don't care about curve balls.

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      1. Matthew Locatelli‏ @MawiLoca 10 Jul 2012
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        @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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      1. Ian Shamrock‏ @ShanleytheManly 10 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson Is the gravity of the moon too much to try and throw a pitch around the whole moon?

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      1. Scare Budd Dwyer‏ @AirBuddDwyer 10 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson But imagine the dingers!

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      2. Penn‏ @Penn36 10 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson What would happen if you tried a curve ball?

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      3. (Scary) Student Loan Debt‏ @38LivesAlone 10 Jul 2012
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        @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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      4. Penn‏ @Penn36 10 Jul 2012
        Replying to @38LivesAlone

        @GWPinner @neiltyson Oh, so it would just go in a straight line then... thanks for clarifying that.

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      5. (Scary) Student Loan Debt‏ @38LivesAlone 10 Jul 2012
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        @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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      1. pobregizmo‏ @pobregizmo 11 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson Are you enjoying what-if.xkcd (.com)?

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      1. Ammar Alammar‏ @a3ammar 10 Jul 2012
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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?

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      1. Walter Chan‏ @walterchan 10 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson No curve balls on the moon.

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      1. lunacy‏ @lunacy 10 Jul 2012
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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?

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      1. Dimitri Holman‏ @dimitriholman 10 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson that ball is going going going going…………..

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      1. Mangle‏ @Manglehaft 10 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson Or any interesting pitching; Bernoulli's Priniciple drives all ML pitching. Late breaking fastballs make good pitchers great.

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      1. Gavin Craig‏ @craiggav 10 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson Which is to say you can play baseball on the moon, but you can't pitch. :)

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      1. Joshua Gross‏ @JoshuaGrossBC 10 Jul 2012
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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?

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      1. nishat akhtar‏ @nishatsays 10 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson would they curve or spin in place?

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      1. Daniel‏ @DanHenby 10 Jul 2012
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        @neiltyson AND the low gravity means that a home run hits the Earth....

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