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A thing in motion will continue at the same speed and in the same direction until another force acts upon it. OK - you have spotted that drag from air can quic
by bdfh42 18y ago
A thing in motion will continue at the same speed and in the same direction until another force acts upon it.
OK - you have spotted that drag from air can quickly slow down an object here on earth and that thus an object in a vacuum will spin (or whatever) for a lot longer without air slowing it down.
But drag from air is not the only force likely to affect the motion of your theoretical object.
- nopassrecover 18y agoThe problem as I understand it is this. Let's imagine that the rotor spins forever. At some stage that rotor has to be attached to something else to actually harness the energy and here some friction will occur.