A rotating space station feels like gravity because:

  1. air pressure pushes down
  2. rotation creates real gravity
  3. the astronaut needs a centripetal force, which the floor supplies as a normal force
  4. the station's mass attracts the astronaut
Answer

C) the astronaut needs a centripetal force, which the floor supplies as a normal force

We sense the normal force as weight. SLO P-11-B-17 · Understanding

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