When at rest on the launching pad, the force of gravity on the space shuttle is quite huge - the weight of…?
Saturday, February 13th, 2010When at rest on the launching pad, the force of gravity on the space shuttle is quite huge - the weight of the shuttle. When in orbit, some 200 km above the Earth’s surface, the force of gravity on the shuttle is…
a) nearly as much
b) about half as much
c) nearly zero (micro-gravity)
d) zero
