Comment Re:NASA's budget cuts are starting to show (Score 0) 276
The challenge is actually to extract five kilograms (=11lbs.), and that's a measure of mass, regardless of gravity.
Pounds, on the other hand, is a unit of force not mass - even though it's often confused as one.
In the imperial system the analog to the kilogram is the slug, defined as:
the mass of a free body which if acted upon by a force of 1 pound would experience an acceleration of 1 foot per square second; thus approximately 32.16 pounds. http://roland.lerc.nasa.gov/~dglover/dictionary/s. html>
To answer your question: It's 5 kilograms, and that's anywhere. (Not concerning relativistic issues :)
Pounds, on the other hand, is a unit of force not mass - even though it's often confused as one.
In the imperial system the analog to the kilogram is the slug, defined as:
the mass of a free body which if acted upon by a force of 1 pound would experience an acceleration of 1 foot per square second; thus approximately 32.16 pounds. http://roland.lerc.nasa.gov/~dglover/dictionary/s
To answer your question: It's 5 kilograms, and that's anywhere. (Not concerning relativistic issues
