well, your not standing on anything, but its not a matter of what your standing on. The tire puts a force on YOU due to conservation of angular momentum, and YOU are putting the force on the platform making it turn.
try doing it on the ground, then jumping, you'll spin in midair On 6/12/07, thomas malloy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I regards to the Spacestation's gyros, I posted, and leaking pen replied: > what do you mean by stops? they are mounted on arms, was my > understanding. and try standing on a free spinning platform. spin a > bike tire while holding it so it orients vertically, grab it by the > center, and turn it 90 degrees. fun experiment. > True, but I'm not in orbit, and if I was in orbit, what would I stand on? --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! ---
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