Many thanks for clarifying that. A couple of articles I read said the gyro in space would not precess - that's what confused me.
For example I read this:
"In the weightless environment of the space shuttle, a spinning toy gyroscope was recorded on videotape. The gyro spun around an axis...
My question is about a toy gyroscope free floating in space far away from any gravitational field. I want to know why it does not precess in response to external force?
On Earth the torque on a tabletop gyroscope comes from (i) the table pushing up, and (ii) the gyroscope's inertia resisting...