Recent content by Ethan Skyler

Orbital Events 2 & 3 + Conclusion Hello Professor Petrus: Here are Events 2 & 3 followed by my conclusion. Event 2: Here the spacecraft 's rocket motor is fired for a few minutes effecting an increase in the spacecraft 's velocity. After the firing is over, the spacecraft and its...

Orbital Event 1 Hello Professor Petrus: Thank you for your reply. I enjoy thinking about your examples. While we draw different conclusions from these events, I appreciate the opportunity to present my thoughts while pointing out our differences. Overall it is refreshing to converse...

Centripetal/Centrifugal action/reaction forces Hello Professor Petrus: You are a brave man indeed to venture so far beyond the charted waters of Physics. I find your answers imaginative. I wonder though if you have spent enough time analyzing the problems that give rise to your answers...

A ficticious force is one caused only by a body's inertia. When someone sits in a centrifuge, they feel like their arms are pinned to the wall of the centrifuge. However, the wall is not really applying a force to the man all on its own; it is only reacting to the person applying a force to it...

-------------------------------------------------- It would fall directly towards the Earth's center, just like Newton's apple. - Warren [/B] -------------------------------------------------- What do you see is the cause of the acceleration of the Moon's matter during this direct...

Clip: "In the real world, gravitation results from bodies trying to follow the straighest possible lines through curved space-time." - Warren Hello Warren: I have been trying for some time to understand curved space-time. This theory of gravitation is forceless, yes? If Earth...