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035 = Lunar Cheese Pops and Physics Bullet Drops

A Problem Squared

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The Same Amount of Time It Takes for Something to Fall All the Way Through the Earth

If you slid something through that hole with no friction, it would take 42 minutes. In fact, if you're on any planet of any size, that's the same density as the earth. Does that mean in total recall, when they get that lift thing that goes through the center of the earth, that is exactly this concept? That's a really good point. Yeah.

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