What if a meteor fell in your yard and you discovered that it was some new element that could shield gravity..

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when activated somehow. You also somehow figured out how to control it.

Would you hand it over to authorities or what?

YOU WOULD NEED TO ACTIVATE IT FIRST. THEN IS SHIELDS THE GRAVITY.

Answer 1

Unlike Dr. D, I would take over the world.

Answer 2

"among_myself's" thinking a little too low.

I tend to think that if I could defy the laws of physics, and more importantly, earn a profit from it, that I would be, at VERY least, a multi-billionaire. But other than that, I would revolutionize the space industry, create those flying cars we were supposed to have almost 10 years ago, create a new sport: inverse base jumping (where you are propelled into the air and then parachute down), and many other things once I secure the sole patent rights in every corner of the globe (I don't care if the WTO says it's covered, i'm not taking chances).

Oh yeah...and while I'm at it, I'll solve the national debt problem and cure cancer (ah the possibilities if only the cancer cells could miraculously float off the other cells and out of the body...).

Answer 3

OK, let's see...I could control it, which means, I think, it won't fly off into space or tear through me, my family, my friends, and all the artifacts around us as the force of gravity on it is neutralized. Is that what you mean by "control"? [Did you see Men in Black, when that orb went bonzo in their headquarters and just about wiped out everything and everyone in the HQ?]

As you assumed the force of gravity on the meteor is zero, we have W = mg = 0; so that m = 0 since g > 0 is from the Earth's mass M (as in g = GM/R^2) so that is not changed. In which case it's m, the mass of the meteor, that goes to zero. That means, then that its momentum p = mv = 0; so the meteor has no momentum either; no matter what v it has, up to and including v = c the speed of light.

Or, perhaps, we can assume p = hf/c where the meteor's momentum is derived from the wave energy of the meteor, like that of a photon. In which case, we might have a virtual mass mc^2 = hf so that m = hf/c^2 that is not affected by gravity. But if we had this, I would think the meteor would take off like a bat out of hell when "activated".

In any case, if I could control this meteor, given all the extreme physical conditions that would need to be controlled, I would keep it and submit my name to the Nobel Committee for consideration. Why? Because the physics to control this meteor would be way beyond our current understanding of our physical world.

Answer 4

If it fell in my yard, that means that it is not a shield against gravity (because the earth's gravity caused it to fall in my yard). If it was a shield, then it wouldn't have fallen in the first place.

It's like the inventor that claimed he invented a liquid that dissolved through *anything*, and presented it to the patent board in his glass beaker. Yeah... right buddy.

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Answer 5

there cannot be more natural elements becouse the nucleus is over the limit of the strong force

Answer 6

If I could control gravity.....Hmmm...I could control time! WOW!
Nay. I would put it back and have a stiff drink. Then ...Do you really think I would tell yea? He-he

Answer 7

You mean Cavorite in H.G. Wells story popular in Japan. If I find cavorite, I keep it.

Answer 8

No , I'd inclose it in a big masonary building and claim it came from god .

Answer 9

THERE GOES THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY.

Answer 10

become a millionaire