When i was a child, i realised that i wasnt on solid ground and that the world was floating in space, it scared me to think of this world not being on solid space until i realised that the world was floating in the never never and it scares me... how do you feel??
2006-12-14 10:34:32 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Not before I'd read this question. Now I want a hug.
2006-12-14 10:36:55 · answer #1 · answered by ~Grace~ 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They probably don't slip off the turtle because they are stuck in millions of years of elephant poo.
But returning to the original question, no. At 49 I have recovered from the original shock. I also had a similar experience when I realised that everything I see is not a 'real' picture but made up of thousands of cells in my eyes being stimulated by millions of photons of light.
I think the world is an amazing and wonderful place. But greater than this is the fact that we can still make realisations like this and be amazed by them!
I feel you should keep up thinking and wondering! Keeps the mind active!
2006-12-14 10:43:56 · answer #2 · answered by Nobody 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really? Floating? The world floats in space? What? I know a boat floats in water but... what? The ground ain't solid? Now I'm scared.
2006-12-14 10:40:47 · answer #3 · answered by -------- 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Earth doesn't really float in space. To float there would need to be liquid for it to float in. Part of the world would be under water and the globe would always be in danger of rotating in the water and flooding a different place.
The Earth rotates around the sun and is held in place by the competing forces of gravity and centrifugal force. We are safe!
2006-12-14 10:41:17 · answer #4 · answered by Amanda L S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think we all know what they meant by FLOAT...so we dont need beat them over the head about their choice of words...
a teacher once told me that our sun is basically a close star, and stars "burn out" eventually. So one day the sun might now be there. I really dont know much about space, or science....so i can say if this is possible over time...but hearing this in back in middle school, i was a lil scared
2006-12-14 10:50:14 · answer #5 · answered by smile 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't float as such as it moves in orbit held in place by gravity. If the gravity foce of the sun wasn't pulling it towards it then the Earth would literally just fly off on it's own course somewhere.
2006-12-14 22:35:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really - but there are moments when I think about how quickly we are zooming through space, and what would happen if we suddenly stopped.
But I only have these thoughts in the middle of the night when my thinking is hazy - and the light of day puts things back into perspective.
2006-12-14 20:49:02 · answer #7 · answered by Hello Dave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No different that I ever did.
The earth doesn't float. It orbits. The surface of the earth floats on a ocean of magma. I think that unnerves me more than space.
2006-12-14 10:37:51 · answer #8 · answered by ~XenoFluX 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I used to have this exact same fear. I thought the Earth would suddenly fall fast or I would drop off the Earth and fall into the sun.
However on my fourth birthday my mum taught me about gravity and I was fine.
2006-12-14 10:48:47 · answer #9 · answered by bearerofknowledge 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the force of gravity supplied by the sun together with the speed of the earth keeps us in orbit and i am quite happy with the laws of physics .... the only thing that worries me is if a physician miscalculated something and the miscalculation was not discovered
2006-12-16 04:09:31 · answer #10 · answered by Michael D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm glad that we are floating - it means that we are travelling further and further as space expands. The traveller in me makes me excited at what we may find one day...
2006-12-14 10:38:51 · answer #11 · answered by Kemmy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋