A feather and a hammer fall at the same rate!

We've learned since high school that "all objects released together fall at the same rate regardless of mass". It's hard to visualize here on earth since we have this pesky atmosphere. An Apollo 15 astronaut did this on the moon with a 1.32-kg aluminum hammer and a 0.03-kg feather. The results are...predictable. Unfortunately it's Quicktime

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