Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap for January 05, 2023
January 04, 2023
January 06, 2023
Transcript:
hamhock: What's with the pained expression, cap? captain: I'm thinking....gravity dictates that anything flying in a straight line will follow the curvature of the earth and not fly off into space! by that logic, if I throw something far enough I should be able to turn around and catch it!! hamhock: Ooh! try it!! whip!! wham!! captain: ...unless someone gets in the way! ralston: Please leave science alone...
So…about that throw being theoretically possible – and I’m sure I’ve forgotten some factors here:
-Fast enough to circumnavigate the planet and overcome gravity and air resistance without losing altitude in the time it takes to circumnavigate Earth.-Slow enough to not reach escape velocity, which results in the ball going on an interstellar trip. Just in case, make sure to write or draw something clever on the ball first!-Cap somehow manages to find a perfectly clear vector free of solid objects to make that throw and catch. Poor Ralston.
And most importantly:
-Cap having enough brain cells to do that math or remember it when someone does the math for him and tells him the answer so he could actually manage the throw correctly.