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To: Frank_Discussion
I updated my story BTW, see FRhomepage

I wonder how billiards would work on Mars with such a thin atmosphere and half our gravity..

6 posted on 04/01/2004 8:43:14 PM PST by GeronL (Hey, I am on the internet. I have a right (cough, cough) to write stupid things.)
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To: GeronL
"I wonder how billiards would work on Mars with such a thin atmosphere and half our gravity.."

Probably about the same. Resistance on a smooth billiard ball is pretty low even in our thick atmosphere, and most of the energy exchange is based on the mass of the balls hitting each other, though lower gravity might allow for more bounces off the table.

I'll get to your story when I can. I'm a hopeful writer, myself, sci-fi mainly. No fiction published, yet, but I've written a few articles for the Lunar Reclamation Society's newsletter.
15 posted on 04/02/2004 7:09:07 AM PST by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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