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# Related TJ:
If gravity was reversed and everything that normally falls to the ground went upwards, what would happen to helium balloons?
(I helped save b3ta! MakTheYak, Fri 18 Jun 2004, 15:26, archived)
# teh would still rise
but faster, because there is no gravity working on the baloon bit


Edit:i think
(I helped save b3ta! Dave - KneHigHbOb talks, Fri 18 Jun 2004, 15:27, archived)
# correct
edit: ooh actually it depends
(I helped save b3ta! GrandmaOfShoes, Fri 18 Jun 2004, 15:29, archived)
# Smart thinking
makes sense to me
(I helped save b3ta! MakTheYak, Fri 18 Jun 2004, 15:29, archived)
# They would try to get "above" the air.
If gravity were pulling air upwards, the balloon would go to the ground I think.

It's a silly question really.
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Fri 18 Jun 2004, 15:29, archived)
# no
cos the air would've fucktoff
(I helped save b3ta! Oscar Wildebeest, Sat 19 Jun 2004, 12:58, archived)
# Helium floats because it is lighter than air,
not because it is effected differently by gravity. Actually, in that case, I think they would stick to the ground. Hmmm...
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Fri 18 Jun 2004, 15:28, archived)
# I wonder
The effect of mass would be reversed. So the mass of the earth would repel the atmosphere, taking the balloon with it. Possibly.

I recommend you take a deep breath and hang on to something sturdy.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Fri 18 Jun 2004, 15:35, archived)
# oo no no no no ... you'll want to avoid sturdy things
sturdy things have a lot of mass
you don't want to be near anything with mass when gravity changes direction
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 18 Jun 2004, 15:45, archived)
# I meant
the wife.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Fri 18 Jun 2004, 15:48, archived)
# Wouldn't it just not move?
Unless someone pushed it...
(I helped save b3ta! Kolonel, Fri 18 Jun 2004, 15:33, archived)
# they'd splode into a zillion smithereens
same as everything else
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 18 Jun 2004, 15:33, archived)