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Science is hard: Andrea Mitchell graphic says ‘Fearless Felix traveled faster than speed of light’
Twitchy ^
| 15 Oct 2012
| Twitchy
Posted on 10/15/2012 1:40:50 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Oh, our aching sides! As Twitchy reported yesterday, daredevil and skydiver Felix Baumgartner made his space jump, in which he hoped to travel faster than the speed of sound.
Science is hard, to lapdogs. Especially for the ones at MSNBC, evidently. Sound? Light? Same difference! No need to let pesky science get in the way.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: felixbaumgartner; ignorantmedia; nbcnews; science
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To: freedumb2003
Did Felix carry an iPod playing “magic Carpet Ride” also, did the Vulcans notice and drop by some podunk town in Montana to say Hi?
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posted on
10/15/2012 2:12:28 PM PDT
by
GraceG
To: Rummyfan
Wow, now there’s a major league science fail.
Once again the MSNBC minions are showing us what sophisticated, knowledgeable, and factual reporters they are.
I wonder if “Sci-Fi Felix” was going fast enough in warp drive to time travel into the future as Einstein predicted. Inquiring minds want to know.
To: InsidiousMongo
That is the first thing that came to my mind.
To: Rummyfan
To: RatSlayer
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posted on
10/15/2012 2:23:15 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
To: Rummyfan
...and landed the previous night.
To: Rummyfan
Andrea Mitchell’s physical and mental decline will be portrayed on screen by Meryl Streep.
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posted on
10/15/2012 2:29:34 PM PDT
by
SC_Pete
To: exnavy
The speed of light is approx. 186,000 miles per
second. Multiply that by 3600 to get per hour.
To: Rummyfan
I calculate a free fall time of about 130 microseconds and a large explosion and crater where he hit.
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posted on
10/15/2012 2:32:02 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Big Bird is a brood parasite: laid in our nest 43 years ago and we are still feeding him.)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
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posted on
10/15/2012 2:33:30 PM PDT
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: exnavy
Ya know, I’m no physicst, but I think the speed of light is 186,000 miles/SECOND. :-)
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posted on
10/15/2012 2:34:36 PM PDT
by
Afterguard
(Liberals will let you do anything you want, as long as it's mandatory.)
To: Future Snake Eater
you should mail that to her...LOL
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posted on
10/15/2012 2:34:36 PM PDT
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Rummyfan
He was going so fast he went back in time and told Einstein he was wrong.
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Oh, that is bad! But LOL!
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posted on
10/15/2012 2:39:29 PM PDT
by
mc5cents
To: Rummyfan
Some of these reporterettes don’t take their jobs seriously. She obviously phoned it in. On her obamaphone.
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posted on
10/15/2012 2:42:09 PM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(The enemy of the American People? islam and the media)
To: ClearBlueSky
Im surprised he didng go right to PLAID! Well since, at the speed of light, he became infinitely massive, he thought plaid might make his ass look big.
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posted on
10/15/2012 2:44:40 PM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(The enemy of the American People? islam and the media)
To: Rummyfan
Why is it the idiots who needed to cheat to pass Physics for Poets feel they can lecture the rest of us on Global Warming, or the Economy or any other quantitative subject. As a matter of fact most of these idiots know less about geography, history, or Shakespeare, for that matter than most engineers.
To: RatSlayer
Great scene. Loved the song “Benson Arizona” as the astronaut burns up in the atmosphere.
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posted on
10/15/2012 2:52:59 PM PDT
by
boop
(Sorry, folks. Park's closed. The moose out front shoulda told ya.)
To: KarlInOhio
What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?
Interesting answer that I can’t swear to, but sounds plausible -
http://what-if.xkcd.com/1/
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posted on
10/15/2012 2:55:01 PM PDT
by
biggerten
(Love you, Mom.)
To: Rummyfan
But, Andrea, was he faster than a speeding bullet?
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posted on
10/15/2012 3:11:03 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
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