Say you went to space, and you're floating around (outside the space ship) and just in space, and you're right next to earth, is it possible to be right next to the earth, and if you get close enough you'll begin to fall because of gravity until you land back on the ground?
i'm STILL confused on how the earth is shaped.. if we can just go right through earth into space, what's at the bottom of earth? what happens when we try to enter earth from the bottom?
Also is it possible to go into space by going underground instead of up in the sky?
2007-02-10 09:28:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The Earth is a sphere, like a big ball. The surface of the ball is the surface of the Earth. Wherever you stand, down is towards the center of the ball. The means that up is away from the center, towards the sky.
If you we really high up, even in space, you would fall down. This means that you would be heading towards the center of the Earth, but you would stop when you hit the surface of the Earth (Wham!)
Hypothetically, you could burrow through the Earth to come out the other side, but it makes no sense to go through thousands of miles of rock when you can go through less than 100 miles of air to do the same thing.
2007-02-10 09:38:42 · answer #1 · answered by Stephen S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you will fall to the ground, but you will not exactly land; you will crash. The acceleration of gravity (meaning how much faster you go every second you fall) is 9.81 m/s^2. Meaning that every second you fall you gain extra speed. So at the end, you crash against the Earth's ground.
The Earth is shaped like a sphere. All planets and stars are shaped like a sphere. You can say that the Earth is shaped like a basketball, or a tennis ball, completely round.
Since the Earth is shaped like a sphere, if we make a hole from one side and continue straight through the Earth's core, we would arrive at another point on the Earth's surface.
Why would you want to go underground, on the other side of the Earth and then up to space? From the surface it is much easier.
2007-02-14 08:18:28 · answer #2 · answered by Tenebra98 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could drift close enough that you would begin to fall. But you would burn up as you re entered the atmosphere. Same thing is you were on the other side of the earth. As for the underground bit, no....you are confused. Bring this up in class.
2007-02-10 17:41:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
earth is round, like a ball. it doens't matter from which way you go to space, from every country you could go up to space. you can't go through the bottom because no one has ever dug more than 2-3 miles deep i think. earth core is burning hot, thats what keeps it rotating, you would burn alive or sufficate from the lack of oxygen. Watch the movie "The Core", that might help you answer some questions about space/earth.
2007-02-10 17:39:50 · answer #4 · answered by jpcjulia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes the gravitational pull will pull you straight to earth.
The earth is a round planet that is tilted on it's axis. The bottom of the earth from space is the south pole.
No rockets are only launched to be shot up on down!
2007-02-10 18:11:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋