Heavy Boots

xoxoxoBruce · 06-07-2012, 10:55 AM

1. "If you're standing on the Moon holding a pen, and you let go, will it a) float away, b) float where it is, or c) fall to the ground?

2. "You've seen films of the APOLLO astronauts walking around on the Moon, why didn't they fall off?

answers

BigV · 06-07-2012, 11:04 AM

Everybody starts ignorant... but you don't have to stay there.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-07-2012, 11:06 AM

No, you don't have to. But it's easy, comfy, and apparently socially acceptable these days.

Cyber Wolf · 06-07-2012, 02:27 PM

No no no, the pen would have dropped to the ground and the astronauts didn't fall off because the landing was filmed in a sound stage here on Earth!

ZenGum · 06-08-2012, 08:35 AM

Magnets.

Now, how do they work?

BigV · 06-08-2012, 12:53 PM

Yeah, we don't know. I'm ignorant and I have lots of company.

TheMercenary · 06-08-2012, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

2. "You've seen films of the APOLLO astronauts walking around on the Moon, why didn't they fall off?

They were on a Treadmill.

Aliantha · 06-08-2012, 05:43 PM

I thought the answer to both questions was gravity. So that's why they didn't fall off, and that's why a pen would eventually fall to the ground.

Am I wrong?

Pete Zicato · 06-08-2012, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

They were on a Treadmill.

Snort.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-09-2012, 03:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

I thought the answer to both questions was gravity. So that's why they didn't fall off, and that's why a pen would eventually fall to the ground.

Am I wrong?

No, you are absolutely right... and smarter than the average bear.

Aliantha · 06-09-2012, 05:42 AM

Awesome. That's something I don't hear every day.

Sundae · 06-10-2012, 06:58 AM

You're always right on your birthday, that's the rules.

regular.joe · 06-11-2012, 02:06 AM

They didn't fall off for the same reason that we do not slide off of the earth. Scientifically minded people today like to say that gravity is the least understood of all of the known forces. I'm not sure if we understand any of the known forces, we only know what we observe and that gets filtered through our ego centric minds. But, yes the answer is gravity. The earth weighs 10 pounds when placed on top of a 10 pound table, it won't slide off of the table, I promise.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-12-2012, 02:18 AM

But it might roll off the table, because all that soda made it heavy in lower hemisphere.

footfootfoot · 06-12-2012, 06:47 PM

A thermos keeps hot things hot and cold things cold, but---

how do it know?

06-07-2012, 10:55 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Heavy Boots 1. "If you're standing on the Moon holding a pen, and you let go, will it a) float away, b) float where it is, or c) fall to the ground? 2. "You've seen films of the APOLLO astronauts walking around on the Moon, why didn't they fall off? answers __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-07-2012, 11:04 AM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Everybody starts ignorant... but you don't have to stay there. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-07-2012, 11:06 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No, you don't have to. But it's easy, comfy, and apparently socially acceptable these days. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-07-2012, 02:27 PM	#4
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	No no no, the pen would have dropped to the ground and the astronauts didn't fall off because the landing was filmed in a sound stage here on Earth! __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

06-08-2012, 08:35 AM	#5
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Magnets. Now, how do they work? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-08-2012, 12:53 PM	#6
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Yeah, we don't know. I'm ignorant and I have lots of company. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not. Last edited by BigV; 06-08-2012 at 12:59 PM.

06-08-2012, 05:43 PM	#8
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I thought the answer to both questions was gravity. So that's why they didn't fall off, and that's why a pen would eventually fall to the ground. Am I wrong? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-09-2012, 05:42 AM	#11
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Awesome. That's something I don't hear every day. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-10-2012, 06:58 AM	#12
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	You're always right on your birthday, that's the rules. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-11-2012, 02:06 AM	#13
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	They didn't fall off for the same reason that we do not slide off of the earth. Scientifically minded people today like to say that gravity is the least understood of all of the known forces. I'm not sure if we understand any of the known forces, we only know what we observe and that gets filtered through our ego centric minds. But, yes the answer is gravity. The earth weighs 10 pounds when placed on top of a 10 pound table, it won't slide off of the table, I promise. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

06-12-2012, 02:18 AM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	But it might roll off the table, because all that soda made it heavy in lower hemisphere. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-12-2012, 06:47 PM	#15
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	A thermos keeps hot things hot and cold things cold, but--- how do it know? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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