Edwin and Tweeters,

A baseball on the moon would go much farther and higher than on Earth,
but the main reason would be the vastly lower force of gravity, not
the lack of an atmosphere. (Of course, the lack of an atmosphere is
partly because of the low gravity-- there is a connection.)

Wayne C. Weber
Kamloops, BC
contopus at shaw.ca


----- Original Message -----
From: Edwin Lamb <edsplace at worldnet.att.net>
To: <contopus at shaw.ca>; CONNIE SIDLES <csidles at mail.isomedia.com>
Cc: TWEETERS <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: VAUX'S SWIFTS AND THIN AIR


> How far would a baseball fly on the Moon, for example? It might go
> into orbit. No birds there!
>
> Ed Lamb
> Bellevue, WA
> edsplace at worldnet.att.net
>