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The reason human beings can not walk on water is because the water has a surface tension of 1. If a human being steps onto the water and sinks it is because you have broken the surface of the liquid. Therefore if you were a straw you would float because a straw can not break the surface tension.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agono,the only one who can is GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by Jared im not going to put my last name cause THIS IS THE internet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is true only God can walk on water. But you can use objects to use to help you try or mabey even to succed!
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∙ 9y agoTo date, there have been no experiments conducted on whether people can or cannot walk on water in outer space. since people have no weight in space, water will have no weight or depth in space. As a result, it would be impossible for someone to walk on water without any traction or solid base for them to step on.
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∙ 13y agoIf the water is solid (i.e., frozen) anyone who can walk can walk on it. As for liquid water, it would take "water shoes" (which are essentially floats) to allow some to walk on it.
Water is a liquid, and liquids have little resistance to what are called shear forces. Stepping on a liquid will cause the liquid molecules to move apart from one another, and this allows the foot to go down into it. The liquid won't "resist" the force of the foot pushing down onto it. From a mechanical point of view, the liquid is sheared at the molecular level, and anyone stepping on water in the "regular" manner will find that his foot just goes down into it.
It might be possible to add things to the water to change its nature and allow it to be walked on. But adding stuff to water might be considered "artificial" and the additives disqualify the experiment as an answer to this question.
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∙ 14y agoWell, yes, in a way. I forget what they are called, but you can buy some big awkward styrofoam "shoes". They will get you across a still pool, but not choppy water.
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∙ 10y agoIt is not possible. The whole floating thing means is about density - mass divided by volume. If anything had a density lighter than water then they could float but no human can!
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∙ 14y agoSeveral reasons. The most important of which being that your mass(weight) is greater than the buoyancy of water. Surface tension comes in to play as well, but to a lesser extent.
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Why people cannot walk in space?
people cannot walk in space because there is a lot of gravity
Why you do not walk in space?
You can not walk in space because of lack of friction and gravity.
Who was the Canadian to walk in space?
Chris Hadfield was the first Canadian to do a space walk.
Was Edwin White the first person to walk in space?
No, he was the first American to walk in space, Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov was the first person to walk in space.
Who was the first person to do a space walk from a US space craft?
The First American to perform a space walk was Ed White.
How does a space suit allow an astronaut to walk in outer space?
The suit allows the person to walk in outer space, because the suit is designed to with stand the extreme heat and cold of outer space.
Do astronaut have special gear for outer space?
Yes astronauts will have to wear their pressurized suits , when they walk in space.
What is space walk?
It's called a space walk when a astronaut is "walking" outside her spacecraft in outer space. see wikipedia for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_walk
Why people cannot walk in space?
people cannot walk in space because there is a lot of gravity
What are outer space voyagers?
they are called astronauts and they wear big outerspace suits and they walk on the moon.
Who was the first person to walk in outer space?
On March 18, 1965 Leonov became the first human to walk in the vacuum of space when he spent 10 minutes outside the Voskhod 2 spacecraft.
Who is a person that has been in outer space?
John Glenn was the first American to be in space. Another example would be Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon.
How do people walk on water?
People use plexi glass in water and walk on that and that plexi glass is invisible in water.
What is the importance of being able to walk in space?
We need people that can walk in space to repair spaceships so that we can someday live on other planets.
What is a church aisle?
An Aisle is a space for people to walk down
What did the year that the first Russian cosmonaut to walk in outer space?
Alexey Leonov became the first person to leave his spacecraft on March 18, 1965.
Why you do not walk in space?
You can not walk in space because of lack of friction and gravity.
