Science Question for February, 2013

Say you had 250,000 miles of rope on a big spool. You tied one end of the rope to Tacony Palmyra bridge (Philadelphia, Delaware River) and you got an astronaut to tie the other end of the rope to a big rock on the moon.

1. What roadblocks would you run into in early phases of the mission?
2. What would happen then?
3. How high could you climb up the rope? Could Chuck Norris climb to the moon?

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Science Question for January 2013

1. Assume you could drill a 2" diameter hole from your back yard down to the center of the Earth.
2. Assume you screw 995,406-21 foot lengths of 1" galvanized threaded pipe together using couplings, and let the assembly down the hole as you screw it together. You put a cap on the first pipe at the bottom end before letting it down in the hole.
3. Since the pipe assembly is 3,959 miles long, it reaches the center of the Earth.
4. Now, assume you take a garden hose, and fill the pipe with water. Leave the top of the pipe open to the atmosphere.
5. What do you know about the water pressure in the pipe?
6. What would happen to a worm that fell into the top of the pipe? Hint...worms sink in water.
7. What else would happen?

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