29th April 2016
Mars is smaller than Earth. Its density and mass is also lower than earth. Since all these factors are lower, its gravity is also lower than Earth. In fact, the gravity on Mars is 62 per cent lower than Earth, meaning the Martian gravity is 38 per cent of the gravity on Earth. So a 50 kg person on Earth would weigh 19 kg on Mars.
30th March 2016
According to an estimate, an average person walks 160,934.4 kilometres in his or her lifetime. This distance is equal to four times the circumference of the earth.
8th February 2016
The moon exerts a pull on you when it is directly overhead, which cancels the gravitation pull of the earth on you slightly. Therefore, you weigh slightly less that time. Your mass however remains the same.
29th December 2015
StarCraft, developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released for Microsoft Windows in 1998, was the first computer game to be played in space. The game is about three species who fight for dominance. The mission specialist of the space shuttle mission STS-96, a StarCraft fan, took a CD of the game with him to space. After orbiting the Earth 153 times and travelling 3.5 million nautical miles. The CD now is housed at Blizzard’s home office.