2007-10-21 04:18:45 · 7 answers · asked by ali d 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
you can't "create" gravity. it is a force. the only way the moon's gravity would increase is if it somehow obtained more mass.
2007-10-21 04:27:23 · answer #1 · answered by Lordy Lordy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not without going there. We have not created any sort of 'anti-gravity' or gravity shielding technology. We simply don't understand enough about the mechanisms of gravity to do that. So no, we simply can't fake the Moon's gravity on Earth. Oh, unless you go really, really deep under the surface. But we've never dug NEARLY that deep. So no.
EDIT: Oh, I'm sorry, I read that as 'can we created the Moon's gravity on Earth'. No, we can't get the Moon's gravity equal to Earth's without increasing it's mass to the of Earth's.
2007-10-21 06:16:57 · answer #2 · answered by eri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you could create the effect of Earth's gravity with a centrifuge, the same way we can simulate large g forces on Earth. However, it would not cancel out the 1/6 g from the moon's own gravity, so if you're thinking about increasing the gravity field so that people on a lunar base could work in a "normal" gravity field, it won't work-- you'd have to build a base that spins like a washing machine, and people could then stand "sideways", but objects (including people) would still fall to the bottom, though slower than on Earth.
There would be no real point to attempting to increase gravity on the Moon, though-- one of the advantages of a lunar base would be the lesser gravity field, and increasing the gravity to "Earth normal" defeats one of the purposes of going to the Moon in the first place. Plus, it's expensive to move the necessary equipment there, just so you could feel "at home".
2007-10-21 06:29:57 · answer #3 · answered by gamblin man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you could find a way to increase the mass of the moon to equal that of Earth, yes, otherwise, no.
2007-10-21 04:30:51 · answer #4 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO.
NEVER.
To do that, even if only as a small experiment, would require a great deal of heavy, electronic equipment. Payloads destined for the Moon cost roughly $100,000 per Pound. So,
this experiment would be hugely expensive and prove nothing that cannot be proven for free on Earth. Cost vs. Justification formula does not work out well for this idea.
2007-10-21 04:36:31 · answer #5 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I suppose you could dig out the centre and fill it with lead , but you get to pay for it, OK
2007-10-21 04:41:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not possible.............................
2007-10-21 06:57:10 · answer #7 · answered by ali k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋