From: pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu   
      
   Barry Margolin  writes:   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Well, one and a half seconds, but your point is valid.   
      
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