Here is a critical thinking exercise for you amateur scientists. You are one of those one-way colonists arriving on Mars. You know gravity at your new home is 38% of the value on Earth. Conveniently, on Earth you weighed 150 lb. You know your total body mass has not changed despite the difficulty exercising in spaceflight. As you arrive the first order of business is the post-flight physical at the office of a doctor who arrived on an earlier flight. Hes an old-fashioned sort and nostalgically paid through the nose to bring the ancient balance-beam scale his grandfather had used in HIS earthbound practice fifty years ago. Youve written down your estimate of your new weight on Mars, and smile as you prepare to step on the venerable scale. How much will it say you weigh?
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 16:22:00 +0000
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