In this episode, Jim and Derek are joined by Jonathan to determine how badly plummeting to the ground in an indestructible case might actually be. Then, can we make a perpetual motion machine? The answer won’t surprise you.
Panelists: Jim, Derek, Jonathan
Additional Links for the Interested
Mythbusters Results – Elevator of Death
The Highest Falls People Survived
Vaguely Scientific #28: Egg On Your Face
How NASA Mars Rover Spirit Landed
How to Fall 15,000 Feet, Hit the Ground, And Survive
The Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount Chain (Wikipedia)
Adam Savage vs. The “Perpetual Motion” Machine!
Why is the Moon moving away from us?
Beverly Clock
The Mystery of the Continuously Functioning Battery from 1840
Gravity Battery (Wikipedia)
