To: MissAmericanPie
The atmosphere is so light that man could jump from one floor to another without the use of stairs. When I was young I could leap 24". On Mars that would have been 63", which is 5 feet. Floors are usually at least 8 feet apart, sometimes 10 or 12 feet. Anyway, it's usually considered gravity rather than the weight of the atmosphere that determines how high one might leap.
38 posted on
01/19/2004 10:59:44 AM PST by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: RightWhale
Don't argue with me, I'm looking at my science degree right here on the back of this here cereal box. All I gotta do is fill in ma name.=o)
Gravity of course, I should have known that, I have years worth of scars, due to lacking the grace of a ballerina, to remind me.
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