It was not in any way portrayed as rotating. In fact Sandra's character seemed to be moving away from the ISS at a snail's pace. Furthermore, she was neither ac

It was not in any way portrayed as rotating. In fact Sandra's character seemed to be moving away from the ISS at a snail's pace. Furthermore, she was neither accelerating nor decelerating. It was poorly portrayed, that's why there is disagreement. As portrayed visually, it doesn't make sense. This was done I assume to stretch out the dramatic moment of decision so they could have an actual conversation about it. Even then that could have been achieved simply by having the conversation happen while the two were moving away from the ISS much faster. EDIT: Go to the movie with this exact shot to see what I mean: http://www.spaceanswers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Gravity-online-tether-death.jpg http://www.spaceanswers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Gravi... (from this article: http://www.spaceanswers.com/space-exploration/3802/16-things-gravity-got-wrong-and-some-things-it-got-right-too/ http://www.spaceanswers.com/space-exploration/3802/16-things... )