Re: THIS MAKES NO SENSE! From: Rodger Coghlan <rodger-@-oup-usa.org> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000 Dipz wrote: > > The guy who posted "galaxy question" got me thinking: > > How is it possible to have a cargo load on a spacecraft? After all, the ship is > weightless because it is in space! > > I know that this has nothing to do with PBEMing, but can anyone shed some light > on this matter? I am not sure of the complete question but I think that the answer is that though the cargo is in free-fall (sometimes called weightlessness) it still has mass and it is the mass that has to be accelerated. -- All opinions expressed are Mine (mea culpa, mea culpa, Mea maxima culpa) Up