Timeline for What would the human gait look like on Mars?
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| Jul 5, 2021 at 19:52 | comment | added | Tom Spilker | @DrMcCleod Although the weights would increase the force the person's feet exert on the surface, it doesn't change the local gravitational acceleration, so it doesn't affect the natural pendulum frequency of the person's legs. It wouldn't affect the gait significantly. Although, if you add the weights at the person's feet (like ankle weights) you actually increase the effective length of the pendulum, slowing the pendulum motion: you actually slow the gait! | |
| Jul 4, 2021 at 16:21 | comment | added | DrMcCleod | Divers use weighted belts to help them sink, presumably a human in a low-g environment could do the same? | |
| Jul 1, 2021 at 16:23 | history | edited | Fred | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 15, 2018 at 22:47 | comment | added | Bob516 | @TomSpiker your answer is better than my question. I did not think about how different it would be inside compared to outside with the environmental suit. Excellent. | |
| Dec 15, 2018 at 22:45 | vote | accept | Bob516 | ||
| Dec 15, 2018 at 22:40 | history | answered | Tom Spilker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |