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To: Star Traveler; A knight without armor
Original question: What force would cause the tool bag to float away?

Ignoring the nonsensical response that no force was required in favor of reviewing the "forces" that did exist yields the following.

Force = she took out the tool bag

Force = she set it over to the side

Force = she gave it enough motion

Summary = it was the astronaut that gave the tool bag some “force”

80 posted on 11/29/2008 8:49:01 AM PST by MosesKnows (Love many, Trust few, and always paddle your own canoe)
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To: MosesKnows; A knight without armor

You said — “Ignoring the nonsensical response that no force was required in favor of reviewing the “forces” that did exist yields the following.”

You’ll notice that I said that there “is a scenario” in which no additional force was needed to make it float away — if — one were to just not hold onto it when the astronaut stopped or changed direction. It would float away on its own.

THEN, I also said that this *was not* the actual situation, from the video that was presented from NASA. I then went on to explain the video and how it *was* the astronaut that did this directly.

I said this, very specifically — “However, she gave it enough motion to not be within reaching distance when she reached back for it.”

It would appear that you’re just not reading correctly. I could tell that was the case with you from your first posting...


81 posted on 11/29/2008 8:56:06 AM PST by Star Traveler
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