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Originally Posted by Gogar
It will be very hard to rotate because there's an elephant in the way.  |
OK, that's hilarious.
Of course, if you're in space (and I'm assuming by "space" you mean away from the influence of any gravitational fields) then your "one pound weight" doesn't weigh one pound. Weight is a function of mass acted upon by gravity. No gravity = no weight.
I worked on the Spacelab program for about a decade and we used to do "microgravity" experiments in the shuttle on orbit. The interesting thing is that gravity on the shuttle in orbit is about the same as it is for people standing on the Earth's surface. The shuttle merely simulates zero-g by inducing a state of constant freefall when in orbit. It's not exactly zero-g, so they called it "micro" g. Sort of like the world's longest vomit comet ride.
Probably common knowledge, but I always thought that was interesting.