15 minutes later and I've got another question. I just read that the weightlessness astronauts feel in orbit is actually free-fall weightlessness on account of zipping around in an orbit. (http://scienceray.com/physics/artificial-gravity/)
So... Does that mean if I was in a spaceship smack bang...
Thanks a lot man. You've been a big help. You are right about the fiction being more important but I had a feeling I was getting the science wrong.
Just another quick question though. If I'm in a space suit outside a spaceship and I pushed against the spaceship am I right to now assume that...
Hi all,
I'm writing myself a science fiction book. I'm also trying to keep the science and the fiction as separate as I can, space is just the setting, I'm focusing on the fiction but would like the science to be possible. So I've been reading a lot of stuff on wikipedia and all over the...