If you are in zero G, the water is no longer under pressure because the water above it doesn't weigh anything. The water does not know to exit the hole and all three of those spillages cuts off instantly. While the cup is falling, it is weightless and it'll continue that way until it hits the ground. And by the way, NASA calls it microgravity. To this day, I do not understand why or rather make a stronger statement. They have misnamed it by calling it micro gravity. Microgravity is identically zero on an orbiting spacecraft. It's like we're still in Earth's gravitational field. Right. So that's why you say zero G because that
Does being in space mean there is no gravity? What does noon have to do with the Artemis Mission? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice break down weightlessness, planetary alignments, and what is going on on the south pole of the moon.
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