Brewster Rockit by Tim Rickard for April 21, 2024

Poor Winky. He either needs a better agent or better legal counsel.

Gravity is still 89% as strong as at sea level on the space station.

Dr. Mel should be served with a Cease & Desist Order for using a child (Winky) in those dangerous experiments!!

©20224 ???

Winkey is about to experience the sudden momentum change in damage to his spleen!

The term that I’ve been seeing a lot lately is microgravity.

When you are in a long line it is good to waitless.

If you are weightless will the elevator be falling? If you are weightless, but the elevator isn’t, wouldn’t you hit the ceiling of the elevator?

If there were no celestial bodies – no planets, suns, asteroids etc – would there still be gravity in space? Or does the gravity come from those bodies?

It’s that kinetic energy that gets you in the end…

Bugs Bunny would just step off of it before impact

I love Tim’s subtle, dark humor.

Learn something new every day. Now, I can go back to sleep…

It’s pretty simple; it isn’t spleen surgery.

This must be a strip generated by that pen pal from the future, based on the copyright date.

The “jumping in a falling elevator” part was demonstrated on an early MythBusters episode, when Scottie was still part of the Build Team.

It’s not the fall, Winky, it’s the sudden stop.

The janitor is going to ignore that clean-up call.

It’s not the fall that kills you, it’s that sudden stop.

Next, let’s have a strip on Gravity versus Mass. (No, not Mass at church — the other kind).

" … and why you can probably get by without your spleen."

After this experiment they’ll be calling Winky Stumpy.

Dr Mel is always so cheerful when he’s giving these little lectures.

My liver!!!!!

Most elevators have brakes so you should be safe, Winky.

Even if you were free of Earth’s orbit, you’d still be affected by gravity no matter where you were in space. All matter exerts some measure of gravitational force proportional to its mass and proximity—most of it is just too small to have a meaningful effect, apart from the planet to which you are closest, and to a lesser extent, any moon(s).

Gravity on Earth is painful!! It’s not the fall that gets you, it’s the sudden stop at the end.

And pain. Oh Winky’s spleen!

Prepare a fresh spleen for Winky next Sunday.

My spleen!

… and along with the next segment on “Momentum and Kinetic Energy” a session on repairing your spleen …