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So I'm chilling on the moon or some shit and I cast a super long reeled fishing pole at earth. The end of my string is something with weight, but not a large amount. Like less than an ounce. What happens when it drifts, slowly, to earth? It doesn't make sense for it to catch on fire since it's not going fast, so what happens? Assuming it doesn't hit any debris or anything.

>> No.7552682

>>7552675
wind rips it apart

>> No.7552689

>>7552682
is that the only other factor in the way??

>> No.7552709

>>7552675
How do you manage to get the weight + string to the moon's escape velocity?

>> No.7552714

>>7552675
I hate to be "that guy" but the lines are not, in fact, of the same lenght.

>> No.7552718

>>7552714
They are the same lenght. This is a famous optical illusion.

>> No.7552719

>>7552675

Why would it not be moving fast?

>> No.7552721

>>7552709
imma throw that bitch

>>7552719
idk i guess thats part of what im asking. why would it be going fast? there's not much to be pulled

>> No.7552724

>>7552721
you cant throw it that fast

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>>7552714
>bait successful

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>>7552718
NO

>> No.7552737

>>7552721
>why would it be going fast?

Because it's falling from hundreds of thousands of miles up...

>> No.7552740

>>7552737
it seems like it would leave the rod the same speed at all times. the most being when it was closest to earth, which when done normally isn't that fast

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7552753

bump for science

>> No.7552780

>>7552727
wow look another visual illusion
your red lines look parallel but if you put it into wolframalpha they clearly aren't lol

>> No.7552819

>>7552740
>it seems like it would leave the rod the same speed at all times.

Well, it wouldn't.

>> No.7552821

>>7552819
if u aren't gonna give the simplest explanation as to why not then ur reply is useless. thanks :)

>> No.7552861

>>7552753
wtf is this shit

>> No.7552873

>>7552753
Hehe yea I can see the 82.

>fuck

>> No.7552876

>>7552780
HA! I've got to show my mom this comment!

>> No.7552911

>>7552821
Hey man no need to be a dick if you're asking stupid questions.

It would go faster due to gravity accelerating the string. The force would also be stronger the closer the string is to the earth.

You could maybe release it at a constant rate, but that would imply more constraints than you initially proposed.

It probs would catch fire.

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7552914

>>7552753
i love these

>> No.7552923

>>7552914
tfw im actually color blind and dont know if this is a joke or not..

>> No.7552932

>>7552914
Thanks for confirming I'm a fag, I always suspected.

>> No.7552978

>>7552923
They are all fairly obviously present, except for 5, which doesn't have a number
>1nb4 "that's what you think!!1!!1!!! faggot!!!1!"

>> No.7552982

>>7552978
very funny