I know I have read the questions concerning the speed at which they travel, do they feel the sensation of the 18000 miles an hour?
2007-11-06 08:31:37 · 8 answers · asked by nevek_1 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
They don't physically have a sense of speed since there's no accleration or deacceleration while on orbit. However, visually they get some sense of their speed by watching Earth move by below them.
2007-11-06 08:35:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not while they are in orbit. Just as you do not feel that you are moving hundreds of miles an hour in a plane once it reaches cruising speed, neither do the astronauts. As was stated in previous answers, what they, and you, do feel is the change in speed, either by acceleration or deceleration.
2007-11-06 09:01:42 · answer #2 · answered by cyswxman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. They can either look at the Earth and tell they are moving or use another object to detect the rate they are moving. Now getting to orbit IS another story as they can feel the G forces as they accelerate.
2007-11-06 08:45:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot feel your speed, you feel your acceleration. Astronauts feel their acceleration as they fall around the earth the same way you fall when you jump off your bed. However, the air is moving with them so they don't feel the wind blowing like you will. So the sensation is weightless, as if they were floating.
2007-11-06 08:36:09 · answer #4 · answered by billyjoebob1992 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 06:41:55 · answer #5 · answered by trapani 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chances are that they probably don't feel it so much as they are aware of it. The only thing they'll probably feel is a bit of the pull of Earth's gravity. The only reason we tend to feel our motion is because of wind, if I recall correctly.
2007-11-06 08:36:48 · answer #6 · answered by MakayoKou 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. There is no sensation of speed at all.
2007-11-06 09:20:26 · answer #7 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not while they are in orbit. you are moving so fast you can't feel it.
2007-11-06 12:40:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋