Re: i don't understand how mass effects the rate of dessent with a parachute

Date: Tue Feb 27 17:05:30 2001
Posted By: Roy T. Maloney, former paratrooper, ballistic parachutes, Dropzone: Skyhook 5
Area of science: Physics
ID: 983020637.Ph

Message:

In a vacuum a feather and a hammer would fall at the same rate.

Mass or shape would not matter in vacuum.

Chutes do not operate in vacuum...so in real world mass and shape matter, because of air pressure, wind, et al.

Roy T. Maloney

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