Question 105

Which of the following statements is/are correct about living in space?

Statement I - Things keep floating in the spaceship from one end to another.

Statement II - The earth has a gravitational pull.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Solution

In an orbiting spaceship astronauts feel weightless, so objects that are not fixed keep floating around inside it. The Earth pulls everything towards itself due to gravity, which is why things fall to the ground on Earth. Both statements are correct.

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