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Arjun (Jun)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 1:58 am: |       |
Don't know what you are expecting here. Sorry if I spioled, but I guess most of this has already been established
Are Galileo and Newton relevant? Are the two objects a feather and a steel ball? Are we talking about the Renaissance? |
a1415925 (A1415925)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 5:06 am: | |
By Arjun (Jun) on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 01:58 am:
Don't know what you are expecting here. Sorry if I spoiled, but I guess most of this has already been established
Are Galileo Galileo, yes and Newton relevant? Are the two objects a feather and a steel ball? that would work, instead of steel ball it may have been a mallet Are we talking about the Renaissance? for one part |
Benjamin Moore (Zenith)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 12:36 pm: | |
Tower of Piza, and two cannon balls?
Was Aristotle the other man? |
a1415925 (A1415925)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 10:45 pm: | |
By Benjamin Moore (Zenith) on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 12:36 pm:
Tower of Piza, and two cannon balls? What about them. They aren't relevant.
Was Aristotle the other man?
No. You don't need to know the name of the second man. |
a1415925 (A1415925)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 10:46 pm: | |
However Aristotle is somewhat relevant. |
Dref (Dref)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 11:10 pm: | |
Is the idea that two objects (no matter their size and weight) will hit the ground at the same time (approximately) when dropped from a height the relevant theory here? |
a1415925 (A1415925)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 11:25 pm: | |
By Dref (Dref) on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 11:10 pm:
Is the idea that two objects (no matter their size and weight) will hit the ground at the same time (approximately) when dropped from a height the relevant theory here?
Yes, but there's a condition you left out. |
LEWIS ZEITERS (Lzeiters)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 11:34 pm: | |
Two objects, regardless of size and weight, when dropped from the same height, when wind resistance is not a factor, will fall at the same rate, and will hit the ground at the same time. |
Dref (Dref)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 1:00 am: | |
What he said. ;) |
a1415925 (A1415925)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 1:09 am: | |
By LEWIS ZEITERS (Lzeiters) on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 11:34 pm:
Two objects, regardless of size and weight, when dropped from the same height, when wind resistance is not a factor, will fall at the same rate, and will hit the ground at the same time.
Yep. But how was this theory proved right. Now the next part isn't exactly true but find out for the sake of the puzzle.
By Dref (Dref) on Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 01:00 am:
What he said. ;) right...
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Random (Random)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 4:20 am: | |
emailed... |
a1415925 (A1415925)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 4:39 am: | |
By Random (Random) on Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 04:20 am:
emailed... You got it pefect. |
Lewis Zeiters (Lzeiters)
| | Posted on Monday, June 20, 2005 - 4:29 pm: | |
does this have anything to do with experiments performed on the Moon's surface? |
Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab)
| | Posted on Monday, June 20, 2005 - 6:12 pm: | |
Is the fact that there's nowhere on earth that air resistance doedn't exist relevant? |
a1415925 (A1415925)
| | Posted on Monday, June 20, 2005 - 9:56 pm: | |
does this have anything to do with experiments performed on the Moon's surface? yes
By Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab) on Monday, June 20, 2005 - 06:12 pm:
Is the fact that there's nowhere on earth that air resistance doedn't exist relevant? yes |
a1415925 (A1415925)
| | Posted on Monday, June 20, 2005 - 10:50 pm: | |
Okay, actually it may help to find out who the second man was. Also, I correct what I said before; the second part of the story is true. |
a1415925 (A1415925)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 4:31 am: | |
Would anyone mind if I just spoiled this one. There's just no questions. |
Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 8:02 pm: | |
Was the second man an astronaut? Cosmonaut |
a1415925 (A1415925)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 10:30 pm: | |
By Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa) on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 08:02 pm:
Was the second man an astronaut? this Cosmonaut |
Lewis Zeiters (Lzeiters)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 10:59 pm: | |
I remember seeing a video of a moonwalk that showed an astronaut dropping a feather and something else(like a rock) and watching them fall at the same rate. However, I don't remember which mission or which astronaut... |
a1415925 (A1415925)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 11:03 pm: | |
By Lewis Zeiters (Lzeiters) on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 10:59 pm:
I remember seeing a video of a moonwalk that showed an astronaut dropping a feather and something else(like a rock) and watching them fall at the same rate. However, I don't remember which mission or which astronaut...
close enough for me.... |
a1415925 (A1415925)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 11:10 pm: | |
*******SPOILER*******
I'll use Random's email because he got it perfect.
The theory (that the acceleration caused by gravity is independent of size
and weight) was eventually proven near the end of the Apollo 15 mission when
David Scott performed a quick experiment.
He dropped a hammer and a falcon feather (chosen for the name of their
module) saying "How about that - Mr Galileo was correct" when they both hit
the lunar surface at the same time. |
a1415925 (A1415925)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 11:10 pm: | |
Good riddens to bad puzzle |
Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 3:18 pm: | |
what part wasn't true? |
a1415925 (A1415925)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 6:56 pm: | |
By Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa) on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 03:18 pm:
what part wasn't true?
I said I was wrong when I said that. |
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