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Originally Posted by Homeslice
I would still argue that the initial shift from weighted to weightlessness is something anyone could feel, because as soon as you step off that platform, suddenly there is no force being exerted on your feet, knees, hips, back, neck, etc. Of course, that feeling would probably cease after a split second, so maybe Felix chose not to bother mentioning it, because it was so trivial when compared to the lack of freefalling sensation caused by the lack of air pressure.
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I don't know the actual feeling he would get. If there is one I doubt it's detectable by him. Mathematically, the moment his feet left the platform he wouldn't feel anything. Even his guts if they were amplified.
As you stated, correctly, about how once hte rocket turns off you are at a constant velocity with no acceleration (though technically I think you could say you are accelerating at 0 meters per second for every second), it's the same for your feet. If Felix jumped straight up, the absolute time, 1/(infinity) of a second, instantly in the true sense of instant, he is subject to the acceleration of gravity due to earth. It's illogical to think about but that is how it must work. Except at the quantam level.
Or say he shot himself straight up out of a cannon. Assume once he leaves the barrel, there isn't anymore force on him. If he was shot out with a velocity of 1million mph, he would feel he stopped right outside the barrell and wouldn't know when his velocity went to 0 or when he started coming back to earth (providing he has no reference points).
As for the scifi stuff. I don't watch too much science fiction stuff, but I think they've adopted now the warping of space*time where that stuff isn't a concern.