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Considering artificial gravity can be created in a large enough tube orbiting an axis at a fast enough speed, consider the following:
If a spaceship is in a fixed orbit around the earth, wouldn't it be bound to Earth's axis by its gravitational pull? And if so, since the Earth rotates at 1,600 km/h, wouldn't there be a point where the angular momentum would be enough to mimmick the effects of gravity onboard? (<--more important question | not as important question -->) And if that's the case than why do astronauts always appear weightless?
If a spaceship is in a fixed orbit around the earth, wouldn't it be bound to Earth's axis by its gravitational pull? And if so, since the Earth rotates at 1,600 km/h, wouldn't there be a point where the angular momentum would be enough to mimmick the effects of gravity onboard? (<--more important question | not as important question -->) And if that's the case than why do astronauts always appear weightless?