Space Shuttle Atlantis Will Carry Basketballs Into Space

Having figured out everything there is to know about space, and being huge fans of Space Jam, NASA has left some of their sciencey stuff behind and made room for a pair of basketballs on the Space Shuttle Atlantis. One of the balls comes courtesy of The Harlem Globetrotters, and the other is on loan from the University of Chicago. It was used by Edwin Hubble in a 1909 victory against Indiana University. "It is only fitting that the team that has seen more of the world than any other in history would have a presence beyond the stratosphere," Globetrotters chief executive officer Kurt Schneider said in a news release.

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Re:Seems wrong to me

[Marxist Hacker 42]

Don't know if this applies for a ball stuffed with something other than air, but my sister-in-law was forced to deflate her basketball when she went to Ireland for college. Something about the prop plane she was taking from Heathrow to Dublin not having a pressurized cabin, and they were afraid it would explode.