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A legendary experiment on the moon, a hammer and feather dropped from the same height, reach the lunar surface simultaneously without air resistance. All objects fall at the same rate (regardless of mass) as predicted by Galileo, over 400 years earlier.

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Jason Bilyeu3 years ago

Can you imagine filming a quick science lesson ON THE MOON!!! Wild and awesome.

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maxarus3 years ago

This is the only video that convinced me that the moon landing was real.

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Vincent Van Code3 years ago

Wonder what those people who think moon landing was fake make of this? What SFX was used back then? No CGI... Hahah

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John Beans3 years ago

Heavier objects only appear to fall at the same rate as light ones when the other forces present aren't significant over the distance tested. There are always other forces present. For instance, we add weight to things (gliders, skydivers, soap box derby cars) to make them fall faster. Because in reality, heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones. That's just physics—objects always encounter "stuff," even in the dark distances between stars. That stuff slows down lighter objects more than it does heavier ones. But you can devise demos, like we do in schools and shown here on the moon, which appear to only demonstrate the influence of gravity. And those demos, so narrowly focused on one aspect of the physics (gravitational force), can mislead people into thinking that weight doesn't change the rate at which an object falls in real life.

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SamouraiVirtuel315003 years ago

Same experience on earth in a vacuum romm

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Joãco3 years ago

Galileo Galileo Galileo Figaroed it out a long time ago. Magnificooooo.

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Prof Bagpipes McGru3 years ago

So how do the ‘No moon landing it was done in a studio’ conspiracy theorists explain that one?

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Safal Adhikari3 years ago

Moon landing never happened!! After hearing the audio clip of instruction given to so called moon landing astronauts to speak up after the countdown and analysing the technologies of half a century ago I can no more believe on the moon landing.

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**░▒▓\\\Core///▓▒░**3 years ago

...You know one thing SpaceX has really had down pat, is the "money shot" when it comes to Video... I hope NASA, steps up their game, when they go back to the moon. I mean, not like there's a lot of different stuff to see? BUT what's there, I'd like to see in 1080p at least?

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