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Yes. The centrifugal force matches gravity at that particular speed and altitude. In other words, you are being pulled in both directions equally so you don't feel anything.
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Answer provided by Dana S. Klein & D. Brooke Owens
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... around you have to give it an off-center push. On Earth things that spin eventually slow down and stop unless you keep pushing them. This is because of friction between the object and other objects or friction between the object and air. In space where there are no other objects nearby and where there is no air, things can spin forever without the ...
... of the atmosphere, so there is very little resistance to their motion. They are launched into orbit horizontally at speeds of at least 17,500 miles per hour (mph) but remain under ... cause a satellite's orbit to drop lower. Beyond this low orbit regime, a satellite can remain in orbit forever.
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Answer provided by Derek Webber
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... board the ISS, these capsules are refilled with trash by the astronauts and then sent overboard. Their fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere burns everything up.
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Answer provided by Russell Romanella & George Veaudry
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... on the left side of the orbiter. When the Shuttle is on the pad in the launch configuration, this hatch is high above the ground and is reached by way of an elevator.
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Answer provided by Jon H. Brown
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... . Sunspot groups can have areas that act like the north magnetic pole of a magnet and other regions that act like the south magnetic pole. Scientists now believe that sunspots allow enormous ... outer layers of our atmosphere.
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Answer provided by Jim Zebrowski
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... into space takes a matter of minutes. To travel to an orbiting space station or hotel would take a few days depending on the destination orbit ... Other trips that space tourists might likely make to hotels orbiting around other ... do here on Earth everyday, they waste away. Also there is harmful radiation from the Sun that we would be exposed to on journeys to other ... .jpg Question and Answer extracted ...
When you go swimming you are putting your body in a different environment than the normal air. So, ... in water you have to learn a new system of moving around—you use your hands and feet to kick and move, eventually learning to swim. In weightlessness, it's the same idea. It's a different environment that requires you to learn new ways of moving around ...
... , you need to know exactly what to do, almost by heart. You will rehearse all of the procedures for normal operations and learn what to do in an emergency. For your launch training, you learn what to do if your spacecraft has a problem and isn't going to make it all the way into space. Your in-space drills will prepare you for problems that could happen once you are weightless. Training for landing will focus on what to do if your ...
Humans are the same here and in space, and we need the same things to survive: food, air, water, and protection from the weather. The critical technologies needed in space are those that provide these necessities—like the capsule that holds in the air and ...
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