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What we have found is that when you float into a room, you think the ceiling is above you, and the floor is below. If I happened to enter sideways— for example, if I got a little twisted as I flew through the tunnel to the space lab—and started floating ...
... nicest thing about gravity is that it always brings you back to Earth
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Answer provided by Col. USAF Catherine Coleman, Ph.D.
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- 10. When we are in space, will we experience solar storms? What would happen to us? (A K2S Question)
... geo-magnetic storm, caused by a solar storm, the radiation environment around the Earth is enhanced and poses a risk to astronauts in space. Astronauts need to seek shelter to protect themselves ... storm dissipates.
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Answer provided by Robert P. McCoy, Ph.D.
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... will feel about 3 g's of pressure on their Shuttle pressure suits, which makes it very hard to breathe while lying down strapped into their reclining couches as the Shuttle main engines are ... , the pressure instantly disappears, and the astronauts feel a very light sensation. They are now in a free fall orbit around Earth and anything not tied down in the cabin floats, or, more accurately, falls ...
... . The reason is that it is much safer to travel with a buddy, just as people scuba or mountain climb with partners. In some cases we may use jetpacks, but they will require a lot of energy and ...
... outside of the Milky Way wouldn't be difficult since we have reasonably good maps of objects like quasars that are very far away that we could use for directional markers.
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Answer provided by Dirk Terrell, Ph.D.
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... be the same. If you were orbiting a planet around another star, you would see different constellations.
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Answer provided by Jim Zebrowski
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Yes, if you are looking in the right direction.
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Answer provided by Thomas Matula, Ph.D. & Kenneth J. Murphy
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Once we are outside the Earth's atmosphere, it is easier to see all stars and planets without the twinkling, but they are so far away that they do not look any bigger than they ... at the sky at night.
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Answer provided by Derek Webber
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... simple calculation is completed. There are some known facts: how fast we are going, how high we are, and where we want to land. This is an energy-versus-range calculation which determines where the deorbit maneuver begins. Generally it is initiated about 10,000 miles from touchdown and approximately ...
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