I just heard on Paul Harvey in the radio (570). He gave a story about a man that had gathered rubber bands and made a huge rubber ball. He wanted to know how high it could bounce. So he took it in an airplane a mile or so above the Mojave Desert and dropped it. It hit with a thud, didn't bounce at all, it only left a hole in the desert. Did he have BLM permission? Did he even ask? Maybe we should go there to try the bowling ball experiment?? Siegfried
ELyrae@aol.com wrote:
I just heard on Paul Harvey in the radio (570). He gave a story about a man that had gathered rubber bands and made a huge rubber ball. He wanted to know how high it could bounce. So he took it in an airplane a mile or so above the Mojave Desert and dropped it.
See: http://www.brentfinley.com/images/ripleys/rubber01.jpg Patrick
How about we hire this guy to drop the bowling ball. That way he goes to prison, not one of us. BB ----- Original Message ----- From: ELyrae@aol.com To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 12:02 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Dropping a ball in the desert I just heard on Paul Harvey in the radio (570). He gave a story about a man that had gathered rubber bands and made a huge rubber ball. He wanted to know how high it could bounce. So he took it in an airplane a mile or so above the Mojave Desert and dropped it. It hit with a thud, didn't bounce at all, it only left a hole in the desert. Did he have BLM permission? Did he even ask? Maybe we should go there to try the bowling ball experiment?? Siegfried ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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