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To: BenLurkin

Those dunes look like they are made of sand or material worn off the larger rocks.

What holds the sand to the surface as it blasts through outer space at 500 KM a second?


8 posted on 01/23/2015 7:50:06 AM PST by winodog (hang on tight to Gods salvation)
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To: winodog

What do you think keeps you from flying off the earth?


12 posted on 01/23/2015 7:58:27 AM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: winodog
What holds the sand to the surface as it blasts through outer space at 500 KM a second?

Too fast by an order of magnitude and more.

But more importantly: No wind resistance in outer space!

Regards,

16 posted on 01/23/2015 8:05:47 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: winodog

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>> What holds the sand to the surface as it blasts through outer space at 500 KM a second?” <<

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Gravity.

What other force is involved?
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18 posted on 01/23/2015 8:27:37 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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