Monday, 15 August 2016

How come in free fall you feel weightless even though gravity is pulling down on you? (ignore air resistance when answering this question)

The reason you feel weightless is because there is no force pushing against you, since you are not in contact with anything. Gravity is pulling equally on all the particles in your body. This creates a sensation where no forces are acting on you and you feel weightless. It would be the same sensation as if you were floating in space.
in free fall there is no object in contact with you hence there are no normal forces that give you the feeling of having weight, hence you will feel weightless

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