@neiltyson if a microscopic organism on the schoolroom globe built a teeny balloon to get them to that millimetre, I'd be just as impressed
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@neiltyson not impressed until a man jumps from the earth's surface into space. - 1 more reply
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@neiltyson Stop making me feel small, Neil!#soverytinyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson doesn't minimize the achievement, just lets you know how enormous everything is, relatively speaking. - 1 more reply
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@neiltyson Sadly this is what passes for "manned space flight" these days... <sigh> - 1 more reply
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@neiltyson What is the highest point from which you could jump and gravity would still have enough pull for you to fall to Earth? - 1 more reply
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@neiltyson All this tells me is we need to go farther, do greater things. Aim for the stars.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson yes, but wasn't their math off, they kept saying mach1.2 at@690. Seems low to meThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson to be fair, though, all of us live out our lives at heights that vanish in the noise of imperfections in the paper.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson How many millimeters out from the same classroom globe is the ISS?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson And just ask Inspector Clouseau if that doesn't smart! http://youtu.be/CqecdQyTFvMThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Wow! Tough customer. It's not like he could've free fell from the moon.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson but at the classroom scale; you could not rise to that lofty 1mm height with a scale helium balloon. life size was easier.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson good teaching point. That atmosphere is so smallThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson @pault14761 Yes, but it's not dangerous to jump onto a globe.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Dude broke the sound barrier in nothing but a space suit, though. Impressive science stuff!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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