Why Things Orbit – Rational Thinking 101

Earth, International Space Station

Space debris flying horizontal rather than perpendicular to the Earth?

April 12, 2021April 12, 2021

Things can’t stay in space without being pulled down by gravity, including all objects in

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.

Earth, Earth's Moon, How Stuff Works, Science, Space travel, The Solar System

Why does the moon revolve around the earth?

June 18, 2018January 18, 2020

It just moves forward. The moon isn’t stationary. It has inertia and no atmosphere in

Astronomy, Science

How Big does a Moon Have to Be?

April 24, 2017July 13, 2019

Not very big! It would just have to be natural. Not made by man! And

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

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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: Why Things Orbit

Space debris flying horizontal rather than perpendicular to the Earth?

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?

Why does the moon revolve around the earth?

How Big does a Moon Have to Be?

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

Tag: Why Things Orbit

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