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Explaining gravity assist to a 6-year old
We've been talking about Cassini with my 6-year old daughter recently and I've mentioned that it picked up more speed by passing close to Venus (twice), Earth and Jupiter. But then, I've struggled to ...
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In zero gravity - I'm floating inside a torus as they spin it up, do I float do the "ground"?
Imagine this scenario - I'm in a space station with one of those huge torus shaped constructions, that you spin to simulate gravity through centripetal force. But it's turned off right now, so I'm ...
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