Coult45
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I believe it goes something like this, in a given gravitational field objects of different weights will fall at the same speed, the 5 lb weight has more mass so it accelerates slower than the feather with its lower mass, the feather falls slower in air due to the wind resistances affect on its lower mass. The first experiments that proved this used a ramp and balls of different weights being rolled down the ramp, and they all rolled at the same speed.Hmmm...first two make perfect sense to me.
The third one I need to see and understand the science.
You're not alone in wanting to see it to believe it. Galileo was the first known to understand how gravity works. But he did his experiments with items that had similar aerodynamic drag. The feather test requires a vacuum.Hmmm...first two make perfect sense to me.
The third one I need to see and understand the science.
those are GREAT videos! I was too lazy to search.You're not alone in wanting to see it to believe it. Galileo was the first known to understand how gravity works. But he did his experiments with items that had similar aerodynamic drag. The feather test requires a vacuum.
Apollo 15 Commander David Scott performed this experiment on the moon using a hammer and a falcon feather.
and this video is from the NASA Space Power chamber at NASA Glenn Research Facility in Cleveland Ohio, with feathers and a bowling ball.
Whats amazing is that this was figured out by people hundreds of years ago without computers or a vacuum chamber.....I need time to process what I just saw....