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I read somewhere in a science-fiction book that in order to withstand huge acceleration (in an interstellar craft) you would probably have to be floating in a liquid of sorts, as the liquid is hard to compress, you would feel less stress as the craft accelerated.
The question is then : If you here on earth are swimming in a huge fishtank that is suspended from a crane, and then the tank is dropped from a distance down into any body of water, would you feel the drop? or the impact?
I would want to say yes, but i'm not sure.
What do you think?
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YES,
You would feel the drop and the impact. Floating in zero G with water would feel different from just floating in gravity with water. On impact the water would provide perfectly even body support during the deceleration but the G forces compressing organs would be felt. Better be floating near the top of the tank.
This was used in the book Antares Victory.
http://www.amazon.com/Antares-Victory-Michael-McCollum/dp/1929381093
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Yes this is the principle behind this kitchen science:
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/kitchenscience/exp/dropping-eggs/
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