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Subject:	Re: LEGO.COM/mars now running!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space
Date:	Wed, 22 Nov 2000 13:28:03 GMT
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It's also interesting to note that it is only your speed(17,000mph) that you orbit the earth that makes you weightless, you see, you're constantly falling. You have to go far beyond Mars to feel truly weightless. In lugnet.year.2001, Thomas Main writes: > In lugnet.announce, Nick Cameron writes: > > The LEGO company must have been waiting untill one of us found the mars sets. > > It looks like a mission log. Pretty cool. it has some real space photos, but • so > > far it is only one page. Check it out! > > > > http://www.lego.com/mars/ > > I know this is supposed to be fiction, but I think the folks who write this > should do a little more research before posting stories like this for worldwide > consumption. The story talks about looking out of a porthole and seeing > millions of stars and planets...not likely. From what I understand, you would > see mostly blackness...certainly not millions of stars. The story goes on to > state that the stars really do twinkle...do they? I thought that was caused by > our atmosphere. I know the point of these stories is supposed to be to > generate excitement about a product and it is written for kids, but I wish TLC > took a little more responsibility with factual information (especially > since it is seen as a company that produces a pseudo-educational toy)...you can > write something exciting that is plausible too! > > -- > Thomas Main > main@appstate.edu

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		Re: LEGO.COM/mars now running!
(...) However, in between, you'll feel almost entirely weightless -- microgravity. (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)

		Re: LEGO.COM/mars now running!
(...) You mean to be truly weightless. There are several means of feeling weightless even on the earth such as reachng neutral buoyancy under water. John #388 (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)

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		Re: LEGO.COM/mars now running!
(...) so (...) should do a little more research before posting stories like this for worldwide consumption. The story talks about looking out of a porthole and seeing millions of stars and planets...not likely. From what I understand, you would see (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)

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