Episode 21- Falling?!

Welcome to season three of Stump the Librarian! Join Courtnei and Jill as we tackle your toughest questions. Today we are answering the questions “How far do you have to travel in a space rocket before you lose gravity?” and “Why do kids keep growing but adults stop growing?” We’ll also discuss the mystery of why Emily is not joining us today!  

As always, check us out at KDL.org/stump and send in your questions! We look forward to hearing from you.  

Regarding Gravity 

https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-is-microgravity-58.html 

https://www.uu.edu/dept/physics/scienceguys/2004Oct.cfm#:~:text=The%20Earth's%20gravitational%20field%20extends,distance%20between%20Jackson%20and%20Nashville! 

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/what-is-gravity/en/ 

How far would you have to go to escape gravity? - Rene Laufer 

Regarding Growing 

https://www.britannica.com/science/human-development 

https://www.britannica.com/science/human-development 

https://www.factmonster.com/dk/encyclopedia/human-body/growth 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK567767/