Monday, March 22, 2010

Just a video to whet your appetite



Here's the famous footage of the Apollo 15 astronaut that dropped a hammer & feather on the moon to prove Galileo's theory that in the absence of atmosphere, objects will fall at the same rate regardless of mass.

Task:

Comment on why the 2 objects fall at the same rate even when 1 is seemingly heavier than the other. Does the same phenomenon happen on earth? What's gravity's role in this little experiment?

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