Blue Origin first human flight

Re:Blue Origin first human flight by colordrops on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @03:53PM (#27898428)

It's not the same - that's buoyancy, not weightlessness. Gravity still exerts force on your body and internal organs, and you feel orientation, i.e. up and down. It's a very different feeling.

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Re:Blue Origin first human flight by samstave on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @03:56PM (#27898475)

That's why I was asking!

What would the difference in sensation be for one who is submerged on earth, versus one who is encapsulated in a floating sphere of water...

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Re:Blue Origin first human flight by _moof on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @10:26PM (#27901687)

There’s no buoyancy without weight so it wouldn’t feel like anything until you moved. Then you’d have the same drag forces you would on Earth. It’s unlikely the sphere would stay together very long with nothing to hold it together.

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Re:Blue Origin first human flight by samstave on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @02:01AM (#27902818)

SCUBAG

Is what we need to invent then...

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