@Stamets@startrek.website to tumblr@lemmy.world • 9 months agoWell that was a short thought experimentstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1611arrow-down111
arrow-up1600arrow-down1imageWell that was a short thought experimentstartrek.website@Stamets@startrek.website to tumblr@lemmy.world • 9 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-square@SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•9 months agoTerminal velocity is only as fast as it is because of air resistance. With no air resistance, the only limiting factor of speed is starting height. It’s like the experiment with the feather and the hammer they did on the Moon.
minus-square@BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.eelinkfedilink1•9 months agoI did tweak the drag coefficient while doing the math but I had no idea how to figure out what would be most accurate. The number I got there is with a drag coefficient of 1
Terminal velocity is only as fast as it is because of air resistance. With no air resistance, the only limiting factor of speed is starting height.
It’s like the experiment with the feather and the hammer they did on the Moon.
I did tweak the drag coefficient while doing the math but I had no idea how to figure out what would be most accurate. The number I got there is with a drag coefficient of 1