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WCDT 2111-2115 (Jan 30 - Feb 3, 2012) - QC in SPAAAAAAACE!!! Week 2!
Milesb:
thanks for that Deadlywonky, I was struggling with explaining that myself.
For our purposes (as I understand it) Zero G and Free fall are often used interchangeably. I've read that there's no such thing as true zero G - there's always some form of gravity (no matter how infinitesimally small) - but I think the right term for Marten and co is free fall.
I think it's to do with frames of reference really; a person in a space craft is often described as in free fall, where as the concept of a person in a space suit outside would often be described as in zero G.
Edit: Though this is my understanding of it, I'm no expert and would welcome some more informed information!
DrPhibes:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory much?
I like it.
Edit: I'm so far the only one to see the resemblence to the scene where charlie and his grandpa eat the weightless candy and go up in a room such like that?! They do come down and survive but they are the only ones NOT kicked out for doing something they weren't supposed to.
Mr. Doctor:
Thank you guys. :)
Science is fun!
Omega Entity:
--- Quote from: DrPhibes on 31 Jan 2012, 08:39 ---...but they are the only ones NOT kicked out for doing something they weren't supposed to.
--- End quote ---
Because that wasn't the test :wink:
Carl-E:
Free fall is a way of experiencing zero G's. In free fall, you're within something that is falling freely under gravitational pull, and so the reference frame has no pull (see "vomit comet"). Another way is to get far enough away from things exerting gravitational pull, so that the effective pull rounds down to zero. Or you can go to a gravitational balance point (LaGrange points), of which there are about 5 locally IIRC.
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