Freefall is another way of simulating weightlessness.
Actually that’s exactly what the astronauts are experiencing. The best definition I’ve heard of an orbit is an object in free fall with enough sideways motion to keep missing the object about which it is orbiting.
Freefall is another way of simulating weightlessness.
Actually that’s exactly what the astronauts are experiencing. The best definition I’ve heard of an orbit is an object in free fall with enough sideways motion to keep missing the object about which it is orbiting.