Courtney: I did not take these pictures myself And frankly, I am not sure I want to go up there. Being 700 km high in the sky and falling horizontally at 7.5 km/s does not exactly appeal to me.
Thanks for passing on the photo’s and telling us a little about your work. Ubergeeks of the world salute you!
You of all people know being weightless in a near-perfect vacuum is statistically much more common in the universe than having a gravity well dragging you towards its center!
I know how you feel tho, I get queasy looking off the top of a tall building.
There is a problem in your assertion: “being weightless” needs an observer. I am not sure that a unit volume of void or an individual massive particle can observe the “being weightless” fact. If we say we need a thinking observer to experience the “being weightless” part, then the statistics brings us down to Earth (or any other hypothetical planet hosting similar observers).
Ya know, even as I was writing that comment I was thinking of ways it could be picked apart… I wasn’t able to make it over this year, but France is still on the itinerary. We’ll have that beer yet! You bring the napkins, I’ll bring the pens.
Mandarine, These pictures are incredible - what amazing work you do! Thanks for sharing.
Courtney: I did not take these pictures myself
And frankly, I am not sure I want to go up there. Being 700 km high in the sky and falling horizontally at 7.5 km/s does not exactly appeal to me.
Hey Mandarine,
Thanks for passing on the photo’s and telling us a little about your work. Ubergeeks of the world salute you!
You of all people know being weightless in a near-perfect vacuum is statistically much more common in the universe than having a gravity well dragging you towards its center!
I know how you feel tho, I get queasy looking off the top of a tall building.
Doug
There is a problem in your assertion: “being weightless” needs an observer. I am not sure that a unit volume of void or an individual massive particle can observe the “being weightless” fact. If we say we need a thinking observer to experience the “being weightless” part, then the statistics brings us down to Earth (or any other hypothetical planet hosting similar observers).
lmao!
Ya know, even as I was writing that comment I was thinking of ways it could be picked apart… I wasn’t able to make it over this year, but France is still on the itinerary. We’ll have that beer yet! You bring the napkins, I’ll bring the pens.
Doug
Looking forward to that beer.