After I was flying a remote control airplane, I had a picnic with my friends. One of them brought honey and this idea popped into my head.
Also, if gravity is the weakest of the elementary forces, why do things fall to earth instead of being reflected by the charge in aerial particles or the ionosphere? I know this is more of a fluid dynamics question, but I'm wondering why does it matter how many atoms there are to get in the way of another body. Shouldn't some of the atoms get trapped in between the descending body and the earth so that there's a point where the object just floats above the earth, or is air pressure what we call the resistance applied by the atmosphere's atoms which are repelling the falling object (then, as the object approaches the ground, the imperfect positioning of the air's atoms results in it getting squished out to the side from between the falling object and the ground)?
2007-01-31
14:22:16
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Mikey C
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