Gameslinx Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 When falling from an altitude withwith an atmosphere, a spacecraft always falls away from the kerbal when in free fall. When holding a sock and a bowling ball in real life, you would expect them to fall at the same time!In KSP, the aerodynamic forces on the space craft would be more than on a kerbal, meaning the kerbal would accelerate towards the craft in theory. Unfortunately, the craft falls faster, hence a physics glitch. Please fix!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 No.A kerbal has much less mass so is affected more by aerodynamic forces than the craft, which has more inertia, and dropping a bowling ball and a sock in an atmosphere would result in the sock slowing first.You may be thinking of the famous experiment with a hammer and a feather on the moon, that works because there is no air resistance acting on either object.Closing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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