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'Impossible' rocket drive works and could get to Moon in four hours

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Quote:Forgive my scientific ignorance here.

 

So the force that gravity exerts on the body is not magnified or increased (either in fact or effect) by acceleration?

 

To me that seems kinda counterintuitive-if I even understand your point correctly.

 

If an astronaut is in a capsule outside of earth's gravitational pull and in orbit, the capsule he is in is moving while orbiting.  The force of the movement of the capsule does not force the astronaut against the wall of the craft.  He has to be strapped in to a chair to keep from floating in a zero gravity environment. 

 

Nevertheless, this topic is very fascinating to me considering I am a bit of a star wars geek and the concept of space travel was always cool to me, but not possible because so many interesting places are so many light years away.  Now, if this article is accurate and longer term space voyages are a lot more viable, I'm a lot more interested in the concept.
 

Not really, no. The reason for that is because the force that Gravity is applying on the two objects being attracted to one another is based on their mass. Since the acceleration does not affect the mass of either object, the force is the same. Now! Things change once you get out of the earth's gravitational field. The further away you get (the distance, not the rate at which you change location) the lesser the gravitational pull.

I'm trying to make myself more informed and less opinionated.

Stop saying whatever stupid thing you're talking about and pay attention to all the interesting things I have to say!
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'Impossible' rocket drive works and could get to Moon in four hours - by Deacon - 07-30-2015, 03:23 PM



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