Is it possible to create gravity effect in space by spinning the space station around itself?
If the spaceship has a circular ring, a type of “artificial gravity” can be produced by spinning the ship. This has some problems and limitations. A person standing on the outer rim of the spinning cylinder would feel a force that the floor is pushing “upward” (actually toward the center of the hub). This force causes the person to move in a circle along with the cylinder rather than move off in a straight line as Newton’s laws of motion would dictate. The acceleration would be stronger at the rim and weaker as you get close to the hub. If you stood on a chair you would feel lighter, and when you stepped down again you’d feel heavier. If the ship had walls running from the hub to the outer rim (like spokes on a wheel), you would notice something quite peculiar about falling objects: they wouldn’t “fall” parallel to the walls! They would start out moving downward but then curve slightly towards the preceding wall and away from the receding wall. If you tried to rappel down a wall with a
