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A comically large tennis ball is dropped on your head. You earn $10,000 per kilogram of tennis ball multiplied by the height in meters of the fall. How large a tennis ball and how high do you choose? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by red_giant@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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You may consider wind resistance.

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[–] Rom@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

1mg at 1 lightyear. By the time it reaches Earth it will simply burn up in the atmosphere. I'll take my $9,460,730,472.58 as direct deposit, thanks.

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 10 points 2 weeks ago

How long do you think it takes a gravity assisted tennis ball to reach earth, and do you think dollars, even in those amount, will continue to have value?