Q.

Why is weightlessness experienced while orbiting the earth in space ships?

A. Inertia
B. Acceleration
C. Zero gravity
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
Explanation: The reason astronauts experience weightlessness which orbiting the earth in spaceships is that they are in free fall. A spacecraft in orbit is falling towards the Earth, because of gravity, but it is moving forward in its orbit fast enough that the path it follows is a curve that is a closed ellipse.
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