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The gravitational field in the low earth orbit is quite large compared to what you would encounter in outer space. The ISS is at a distance less than 5% the di
by hazov 14y ago
The gravitational field in the low earth orbit is quite large compared to what you would encounter in outer space.
The ISS is at a distance less than 5% the distance between us and the moon.
- wololo 14y agoisn't the problem weightlessness, not zero gravity? ie, centrifugal acceleration canceling out low gravity in LEO
- hazov 14y agoNo, weight is just mass plus some sort of acceleration, if there's something to substitute gravity everything would be well, the main problem is with body fluids, we evolved to deal with earth surface level of gravity, in the interplanetary space I do not see how centrifugal acceleration is possible unless it's something that the spaceship do to generate it, from what I know this is hard and do not see solved in the foreseeable future. I would love to be wrong.
- Symmetry 14y agoThe gravitational field you're in doesn't matter if you're in free-fall.