Furburt said:
And endless, bottomless pit. That concept has always terrified me. It gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.
Since i`m currently learning physics, i`m going to help you overcome your fear with SCIENCE!
As you certainly know the bad feeling from falling comes from the acceleration.
When moving at a constant speed you feel nothing.
For example, the earth is rotating at a speed for people at 50° at 666.92197mph (1073.3kmh).
When falling you can only accelerate so much until the drag force from the resistance of the air is as high as the force of gravity.
Because the drag force increases as your speed increases, you will always reach a terminal velocity and you won`t accelerate anymore.
At that point the unopleasant feeling will be gone and you can flip out you ds and play for all eternity ;D
Fun Facts: The terminal velocity (the highest reachable falling speed) of Cats and ants is below the speed that would kill them.
So you can drop cats from an airplane and they will survive just fine. Try it