Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ritcv.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!rochester!ritcv!jeh From: jeh@ritcv.UUCP (Jim Heliotis) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: 2010 mistakes: free-fall vs 0 gravity Message-ID: <1440@ritcv.UUCP> Date: Thu, 20-Dec-84 10:24:37 EST Article-I.D.: ritcv.1440 Posted: Thu Dec 20 10:24:37 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Dec-84 02:32:05 EST References: <449@aquila.noao.UUCP> <1575@qubix.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Lines: 10 I know why they are in free fall, but are you saying that if the shuttle were being held stationary (whatever that is) by rocket boosters, and not orbiting, that there would be appreciable gravity felt? I suppose I could compute it myself... Jim Heliotis {allegra,seismo}!rochester!ritcv!jeh rocksvax!ritcv!jeh ritcv!jeh@Rochester