Think about, outside in space, if you were to float through the eternal cosmos without consciousness of your direction, could you really move by yourself??
2007-07-25 15:13:40 · 9 answers · asked by Christian C 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
You could rotate your body etc, but you would not be able to alter your trajectory without some kind of propulsion or another object to push away from.
2007-07-25 15:17:18 · answer #1 · answered by Arkalius 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Newton's 3 laws of motion tell you that you will move in a straight line until you are acted on by an outside force. if you are in Zero gravity, which would imply no other masses (from the Gravitational theories), you would have nothing to push against. Therefore, you would not be able to adjust your trajectory, except the rotation (rotation is also conserved. That is why if you are ice skating, you can change the speed of your rotation by moving your arms in closer to your body.)
2007-07-25 15:25:13 · answer #2 · answered by travismcdill 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there were just out in the middle of space far from anything with nothing to push against, then no, you couldn't move. You could move your arms and legs all you wanted, but you wouldn't go anyplace, But the astronauts move around in weightless conditions all the time, by pushing off walls or pulling on hand holds.
2007-07-25 15:20:12 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure you could move. However, to change location you would need some form of propulsion force to be exerted. Since it seems you propose us to be floating alone in space, without some kind of jet thrusters, while we could move all of our appendages, we would not change location.
2007-07-25 15:20:11 · answer #4 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would be able to move as long as there was something to push against.
2007-07-25 15:35:34 · answer #5 · answered by Renaissance Man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with zero gravity, we can move it's just you can't move from place to place. same thing in space.
2007-07-25 15:32:37 · answer #6 · answered by Zero 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you are in your spirit body, it is your will that propels you...but the spiritual gravity of God is what pulls you to Heaven.
2007-07-25 15:30:38 · answer #7 · answered by spir_i_tual 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
perhaps there are things that are not subjected by the laws of gravity.
2007-07-26 08:59:53 · answer #8 · answered by goring 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
Even if you could. "Without conciousness of your direction" :
- how would you know?
- how would you direct whatever supposed force you could generate?
2007-07-25 15:20:42 · answer #9 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋