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stan
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in space, which falls faster, a bowling ball or feather

what do reckon?


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Neither!

Brian Cox did that on the telly this week!!
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Old hat guys, it's been done before!! Yawn

Apollo 15 Lunar Commander David Scott performed an experiment in view of the television camera, using a feather and hammer to demonstrate Galileo's theory that all objects in a given gravity field fall at the same rate, regardless of mass (in the absence of aerodynamic drag). He dropped the hammer and feather at the same time; because of the negligible lunar atmosphere, there was no drag on the feather, which hit the ground at the same time as the hammer.



Bet Brian Cox's experiment didn't cost as much to do though!! Whistle
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Got to ask, did they bring a hammer all the way from earth to do that test, or did they bring it in case their space machine needed 'fixing'?
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I think it was a rock hammer, used to collect geological samples, so they would have had one in their kit.

But I'd love to know where they got the feather from!
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Difficult question that, as general relativity theory summises that neither are falling at all......

So it would really depend on your point of view.

Aparently..... There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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KurtVerbose wrote:
Got to ask, did they bring a hammer all the way from earth to do that test, or did they bring it in case their space machine needed 'fixing'?

Standard issue. The lunar module was made at Solihull. Graham

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Surely you mean "In a vacuum" not "In space", as without gravity both would float around.
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Here's one of the F-1 engines that took them there. The first stage had 5 of these. It remains the most powerful single-chamber liquid-fueled rocket engine ever developed.

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This is the business end. You wouldn't want to be standing here when it gets going - 1,500,000lb of thrust.

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Here's one being tested - not as impressive as five of them launching a rocket.

If you get a chance to visit the Smithsonian in Washington it's well worth a visit.

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stan wrote:
what do reckon?


What if instead of a bowling ball we used one of Buster Gonad's nuts? Laughing Laughing
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