Do you have to counteract 1 pound of mass with one pound of thrust

Subject: Do you have to counteract 1 pound of mass with one pound of thrust

Date: Sat Aug 19 00:26:45 2000
Posted by Nick Masson
Grade level: 7-9 School: East-Bay French/American School
City: Berkeley State/Province: California Country: United States
Area of science: Engineering
ID: 966659205.Eg

Message:


I would like to know if you need one pound of thrust to propell a pound of 
mass vertically.  1 pound of thrust can propell one pound of mass 
32ft/sec/sec(which is the same as gravity).

Re: Do you have to counteract 1 pound of mass with one pound of thrust

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