The Hammer and the Feather

With the lunar module and a mountain as a backdrop, David Scott recreates Galileo's famous gravity experiment in a low-gravity vacuum by letting a hammer and falcon's feather fall to the ground.

Source: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/video...

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[brian menendez]

i guess i hit a nerve :)

[SteaksauceandRob]

But guy your a lunatic, I rather get my information from Ed Ed and eddy and the real world then some crazy person with a youtube account. And by the way guy, Mr. Overly Intellecually gifted Ian - It's "do" not "due". And your brilliant, "cartoon network and Mtv"- why do everyone of you mentally ill phycopaths always fall back on common entertainment as a way to insult a regular person. Your a wannabe high brow douche, but you will never be accepted by anyone other then a crowd waiting for a bus.

[brian menendez]

This has to due with newton's law of gravity F=ma

I could perform the same video on earth with a lead shape feather and a hammer and just tell you i was on the moon and you wouldnt know the difference

[brian menendez]

i don't mind that we faked the moon landing, I don't mind that a lot of fools were fooled including myself. The fake moon landings provided a lot of job security for a lot of good people in nasa and nasa accomplished a lot of good things with the funding they received.

But when you come on here and ridicule me with your MTV cartoon network of background knowledge and then I respond harshly back to you with empirical data that anybody can find out for themselves. Well tuff shit, deal with it.

[SteaksauceandRob]

guy, what do you want? Your a stone cold nut- fucking fine! We faked the moon landing, you happy! Okay guy, you turned me. Don't reply back, I'm done with you. You put me in the submission and I fucking tap!

[brian menendez]

coward :)



[brian menendez]

stick you head back into the sand where you feel most comfortable, be a good little boy and mommy will brush your hair and tell you a story later

[tkmry158]

Woah I didn't know I was getting involved in a deep pile of comments. I was just doin' my science homework :P But seriously, according to Galileo's theories (which so far haven't been proven wrong) the result would be the same on the moon. On Earth, it is shape not weight that affects the time an obect takes to reach the ground. Since the shapes of the objects are different and they hit the groun at the same time, there must be little air resistance affecting the feather. No characters left kbye

[SteaksauceandRob]

Oh you got me. Check into the local mental health facility. I want to help you.

[brian menendez]

SteaksauceandRob 1 week ago

"I maybe a coward,"

you definitely got the first part right, congratulations