Why to astronauts appear weightless while they are filmed performing activities inside the orbiting space shuttle?
A. They are high enough above the earth’s surface that they have escaped the pull of earth’s gravity. B. The space shuttle has anti-gravity devices on it that allow the astronauts to float inside it. C. The astronauts are falling at the same rate as the space shuttle as it orbits around earth. D....
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Ronald 7 say: C
In order to orbit, as well as a forward Vector , and object also needs to fall towards what it is Orbiting
The Craft is obiting, hence whatever is in it is Orbiting too
Unless there is a change of Vector
Just like if you are in a Car doing 60 mph, toss a tennis ball up straight, it will also come straight down
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Manuel say: "the orbiting space shuttle"?, slightly out of date.
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Sanjay say: Courtesy zero G ....
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Jeffrey K say: C
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say: The answer is 42.
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electron1 say: When the space shuttle is orbiting the earth, it is moving at a constant speed. At the position, there are two forces on space shuttle. They are the Universal gravitational force and the centripetal force. For the space shuttle to move at a constant speed, these two forces are equal in magnitude. When this happens, the astronauts are falling at the same rate as the space shuttle as it orbits around earth. So C is the correct answer.
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billrussell42 say: C is best, although D is also true.
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Penn say: A. seems the most obvious answer
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quantumclaustrophobe say: It's c.
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Thorn say: c
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Ronald 7 say: C
In order to orbit, as well as a forward Vector , and object also needs to fall towards what it is Orbiting
The Craft is obiting, hence whatever is in it is Orbiting too
Unless there is a change of Vector
Just like if you are in a Car doing 60 mph, toss a tennis ball up straight, it will also come straight down
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? say: You may be missing one other possibility. To save energy, they do not turn on the artificial gravity like they do in Star Trek and Star Wars.
But in all reality, once in orbit they are actually continuously falling in a circular path. Their velocity counteracts the pull of the Earth's gravity, so they are weightless. The correct answer is C.)
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Climate Realist say: A is not correct. If it had escaped Earth's gravity, it would just keep going and not circle Earth.
B is not correct. No one has invented anti-gravity devices.
D is not correct for the same reason why A is not correct.
C is the correct answer.
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james say: E The astronauts are stationery. The camera is moving. This causes a optical illusion of floating.
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CarolOklaNola say: C is the correct answer..D is NOT true
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Gerald say: they have escaped its pull outside the craft they are weight less and would drift of into space
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Kalisto say: I suck at science so idk
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say: So much for God/Jesus being real, me doing what I can to get a job I’ve wanted for years, praying for it, needing the money too
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