Posts Tagged ‘apparent weight’
The local Society of Physics Students invited me to watch the movie Sunshine and then participate in a post movie discussion. There was one thing in the movie that really got me. Of course the movie made many of the common space mistakes. But this one didn’t seem necessary.
Categories: physics
In my classes, I like to bring up the question:
Why do astronauts float around in space?
The most common response to this question is that they float around because there is no gravity in space. Some people take this a small step further and say that there is no gravity in space because there is no [...]
Categories: physics