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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 25 Oct 2013

    Supersonic planes can fly east-west fast enough to reverse Sunsets, landing at a clock time earlier than when they took off.

    7:19 AM - 25 Oct 2013
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      2. Sorkin Dialogue‏ @sorkinese 25 Oct 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson He's gonna land in Washington an hour before he took off? And that's not a story that beats the Surgeon General?

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      2. Justin Robbin' Graves‏Verified account @RevEnFuego 25 Oct 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Does this mean that we can actually turn back time, and Cher wasn't only daydreaming?

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      1. Joe Coffee‏ @liquid_sweat 25 Oct 2013
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        “@neiltyson: Supersonic planes can fly east-west fast enough to reverse Sunsets, landing at a clock time earlier than when they took off.” 😱

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      2. Dan Fontaine‏ @danfontaine 25 Oct 2013
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        @neiltyson poor man's time travel?

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      3. Geoff Vincent‏ @zen_hound 25 Oct 2013
        Replying to @danfontaine

        @danfontaine @neiltyson Sounds kinda expensive actually

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      1. Evan Kydd‏ @EvanKydd 25 Oct 2013
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        @neiltyson "When did you take off?" "In about ten minutes" hahahaha

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      1. Macy Finck‏ @macyfinck 25 Oct 2013
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        .@neiltyson Flights from Louisville, KY to Birmingham, AL take 50 mins (on a normal commercial flight) so you land 10 mins before you left.

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      1. Preston & Steve Show‏ @PrestonSteve933 25 Oct 2013
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        @neiltyson @CaseyboyWMMR asked this exact question earlier in the week - were you listening to our podcast??!?!?

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      1. Gary Doherty Jr.‏ @garydohe 25 Oct 2013
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        @neiltyson so basically what your saying is time travel is very existant

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      1. Witch Hazel‏ @TekF 25 Oct 2013
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        .@neiltyson If you're close to the poles you don't need to be supersonic. I once watched the sun rise in the west from a 747 over Siberia.

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      1. Cass Everitt‏ @casseveritt 25 Oct 2013
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        @neiltyson At the equator, they'd have to go about mach 1.36 to be heliostationary, but could go slower for same effect at higher latitudes.

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      1. GeekFurious: author of a novel no one will read‏ @GeekFurious 25 Oct 2013
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        @neiltyson I've tweeted this a million times before in a million different timelines. In one of them, your response ended the universe.

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      1. Jeff Smith‏Verified account @JeffSmithi24 25 Oct 2013
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        Superman also does this “@neiltyson: Supersonic planes can fly east-west fast enough to reverse Sunsets, landing earlier than take off time"

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      1. Amy Scheibe 🌈‏ @zelda64 25 Oct 2013
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        @neiltyson you saw that in the superman movie, didn't you? :)

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      2. Ryan Bliss‏ @dblasphemy 25 Oct 2013
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        @neiltyson So if you flew around the Earth could you land at the same point "before" you took off?

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      3. Varun Nangia‏ @vnangia 25 Oct 2013
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        @dblasphemy One day later, because you'd cross the date line.

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      2. Jon Stein‏ @JanookOnline 25 Oct 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        .@neiltyson so what you're saying, if we can get going a little faster, we can travel BACK IN TIME?!

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