Weightless cats – Do space cats land on their feet? (2011) [video]

Re:Weightless cats – Do space cats land on their feet? (2011... by sandworm101 on Monday April 11, 2022 @07:50PM (#30996755)

No. Terminal velocity is one-g, the same as sitting in a chair. A skydiver at terminal velocity feels exactly as much force/acceleration from the wind as they would feel force from lying down on the ground.

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Re:Weightless cats – Do space cats land on their feet? (2011... by gricardo99 on Monday April 11, 2022 @08:56PM (#30997265)

That's right, the forces cancel each other out, so that's "zero-g".

If you're accelerating, you're experience some "g" force, not "zero-g".

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Re:Weightless cats – Do space cats land on their feet? (2011... by chrischen on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @02:23AM (#30999285)

I’m sitting on the toilet right now, and the forces are canceling each other out so that I’m not sitting in the toilet. Is this 0g?

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Re:Weightless cats – Do space cats land on their feet? (2011... by sandworm101 on Monday April 11, 2022 @09:23PM (#30997448)

Except acceleration due to gravity. Freefall is acceleration without feeling any apparent force.

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