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Post by aanaya77 on Jun 2, 2005 0:40:58 GMT -5
Just trying to settle an argument between me and a friend of mine. He theorizes that if you were able to construct a straw long enough to extend out of the atmosphere (diameter isn't really an issue nor is the construction method of the straw) and capped off either end of the straw (so that a vacuum exists inside the straw), then uncapped the straw with one end in space and the other at sea level, that all of the atmosphere would vent out into space through the straw. This is assuming that all variables in this experiment are hypothetically possible. What do you guys think?
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Post by «ÐãVïл on Jun 2, 2005 15:02:47 GMT -5
I think that guy is nuts, but you never know until you try...
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Post by HWang on Jun 3, 2005 17:39:06 GMT -5
*stunned*
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Post by aanaya77 on Jun 4, 2005 1:39:55 GMT -5
I think he's nuts too. I was one of those stupid drunken debates. I told him that when you uncapped the straw, the air would rush in and eventually eaqualize like a mini atmosphere inside the straw due to gravity, but he insists that the air would keep rushing out. We made a 50$ bet and I need someone with a physics background to tell him he's wrong to win the bet, preferably a professor/teacher.
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Post by aanaya77 on Jun 6, 2005 16:14:49 GMT -5
Well, even though none of you are teachers, I would still appreciate any feedback you had on this beside "this guy is nuts"
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