In the book "The Martian" there is a scene which amounts
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In the book "The Martian" there is a scene which amounts to the main character being trapped inside a box which he want to move relative to outside (a level surface). He achieves this by jumping in the air and kicking the box. He then refines this by just jumping and slamming his back into the wall. Would this work? It seems like trollscience and I'm not sure about the momentum situation?
>>7690666
When was this? For some reason, I don't remember this scene, are you trying to bait /sci/ again?
>>7690672
>In the book
WITNESSED
If the surface has friction, then sure. No problem.
goddamn OP, don't you have ANY physical intuition at all? It's no different than being able to move an office chair by rocking back and forth while lifting your feet
>>7690740
This
>>7690666
You know how you can sit on a chair with wheels and scoot it forward by doing the same thing?
Conservation of momentum? Non-stem student here.
>>7690740
This. First time I read it I was confused because I was expecting it to be a much more difficult problem and instead it was literal baby tier intuition.
>>7690666
really want to punch Damon's face in this pic tbqh