Comment on your mom falls significantly faster than g

• zqps@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think they mean the vacuum part.

  To which I’d add that we had astronauts perform this experimentally on the surface of the moon.

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  • Fleur_@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    True fair enough, but since I’m here, being an internet clown, I might as well double down…

    Obviously heavy and light objects never experience gravitational attraction in a vacuum throughout the vastness of the universe. Clearly F = G(m1m2)/R^2 only applies to objects in earths atmosphere.

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  • blind3rdeye@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Also, I’ve seen a video of an experiment done in a vacuum chamber. (Although they kind of botched the point of the video by showing lots of slow-mo and junk like that.)

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