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Re: Don't ask Marilyn



On Tue, 22 May 2001, sampere wrote:

Did you read her blunder this weekend? The forward inertial force adds
to the downward force of gravity and equals zero! That's why things in
the the space shuttle float.

I was, in fact, responding to the wave of phys-l messages that
have appeared as a direct result of that column. Marilyn's
"explanation" *was* typically muddled, but I don't share the
offense some take at even the mention of centrifugal force. You
really don't want to get me started.

John Mallinckrodt mailto:ajm@csupomona.edu
Cal Poly Pomona http://www.csupomona.edu/~ajm