Falling from Orbit – Rational Thinking 101

Earth, How Stuff Works, Mars, The Solar System

How Do We Get to Mars?

September 27, 2020April 13, 2021

This is the kind of question, “How do we get to Mars?” that normally would

Earth, Earth's Moon, Science, The Solar System

Why is the Moon not being pulled into the Earth from gravitational forces? Is the Moons mass stopping gravity from pulling it any further?

January 18, 2020February 26, 2020

The Moon is being pulled toward the Earth, but it’s forward momentum causes it to

Space travel

Build a Vehicle that could park in your garage but fly into orbit?

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019

This would be so cool. Everyone would want one, even if they couldn’t afford it.

Tech Stuff

When in orbit, astronauts experience weightlessness. What is this caused by?

March 26, 2017January 28, 2019

Astronauts are not weightless. They experience microgravity. As close to the earth that they are,

Fact or Fiction, Science

If you fire a gun vertically from the earth's surface, but there is no friction, would it return to earth?

March 21, 2017

Yes it would return to Earth. The escape velocity for Earth is more than 11

Astronomy, Science

YouTube Solution to Newton’s Cannon

March 18, 2017January 26, 2019

Solution to Newton’s Cannon problem I proposed earlier, explained in this nice YouTube video.

Astronomy, Science

The Little Rocket that Was

March 16, 2017February 12, 2019

Let’s revisit Sir Isaac Newton’s cannon. In the above mentioned article we had placed a

Astronomy, Science

Solution to Joe Drops the Ball

March 15, 2017

In two previous blog posts about Newton’s Cannon and Joe Drops the Ball I posed

Science

Joe Drops the Ball

March 12, 2017

Because of Joe’s ball, the Earth may fall into the sun and the moon may fall from the sky.

Astronomy, Science

What keeps satellites in orbit?

February 20, 2017

Satellites don’t have or need engines to keep them in orbit. Once launched at their

Rational Thinking 101

An alien microbe as drawn by DALL-E.

Does “sunrise time” mean that’s when it begins to turn light outside, or is it when it’s already kind of light and the sun just finished coming up over the horizon?

What do you think about NASA launching a private crew to the International Space Station?

Could we actually live on Mars?

What happens when a satellite stops working or is no longer needed?

Are there intergalactic stars?

Not much, so much

Is it possible that Mars once had life in the form of tall giant giraffes in it’s ancient past since Mars had a lower gravity than Earth?

Would the government tell us if human-like life was found on Mars?

Tag: Falling from Orbit

How Do We Get to Mars?

Why is the Moon not being pulled into the Earth from gravitational forces? Is the Moons mass stopping gravity from pulling it any further?

Build a Vehicle that could park in your garage but fly into orbit?

When in orbit, astronauts experience weightlessness. What is this caused by?

If you fire a gun vertically from the earth's surface, but there is no friction, would it return to earth?

YouTube Solution to Newton’s Cannon

The Little Rocket that Was

Solution to Joe Drops the Ball

Joe Drops the Ball

What keeps satellites in orbit?

Tag: Falling from Orbit

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