In-class question

An astronaut is floating around in the space shuttle's cabin. Her acceleration, as measured from the earth's surface, is

BLUE: zero - she's floating

YELLOW: very small, in some random direction

GREEN: quite large, nearly g, directed towards the center of the earth

BLUE: quite large, nearly g, directed along the line of travel of the shuttle




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