Newtons 980 Newtons 980 lbs. When a diver like Olympic Gold Medalist Greg Louganis leaves the platform and heads for the water, he does both revolutions and twists on the way down. It is a goal in this sport to attempt to arrive at the water's surface traveling absolutely straight downward and without any remaining rotation. To be perfectly precise, this is accomplished only by the very best divers. A baseball thrown on the moon would leave the pitcher's hand traveling much faster than on earth and would fall less rapidly than on earth.
Gravity exerts a force downward, elevator floor upward.
They are equal but opposite. Your mass is 50 kg. You push a 10 kg child on a swing with a horizontal force of 25 Newtons. 25N in the reverse direction. A tumbling space satellite extends a very long boom-antenna while rotating in space.