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To: Professor Dotcomm who wrote (92578)	1/9/2003 10:46:45 AM
From: Karl Siemens	Respond to of 116810

The dropped apple, or gold bar, will appear to float - same reason astronauts can "float" in orbit. They are actually falling at the same rate that the spacecraft is falling. It just doesn't seem like they are falling because they have sufficient horizontal velocity to avoid hitting the Earth as they fall. Karl

To: Professor Dotcomm who wrote (92578)	1/9/2003 11:00:27 AM
From: Gabe Heti	Respond to of 116810

The apple would appear to be weightless and float in front of your eyes, and of course you would float with it. That's how astronauts experience weightlessness, in airplanes in free fall, for up to 30 seconds or so.