From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
   In article ,   
    tsbrueni@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   > On Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 8:57:18 PM UTC-7, Your Name wrote:   
   > > In article <7b85ccf7-fa9d-491d-bc0a-21c849a4aeda@googlegroups.com>,   
   > >  wrote:   
   > > >   
   > > > When Mark was removing pieces from the Aries 4 MAV, it looked to me like   
   > > > the   
   > > > pieces were falling as fast as they would on Earth!   
   > >   
   > > That's because they made the movie on Earth.  ;-)   
   >   
   > But the producers were able to simulate zero gravity on the Hermes.   
      
   I wonder how noticeable the difference in Mars gravity would be. Its   
   gravity is about 40% of earth's. So if something takes a second to fall   
   on Earth, it would take about a half second on Mars -- is anyone going   
   to put a stopwatch to it?   
      
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