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The Science of "The Spare Man"

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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The Coriolis Effect

If you are standing on the surface of the earth, you only feel a force from gravity. But if you're in a huge spinning spaceship, you feel almost exactly the same force. The rotating space station team is going to have a massive home team advantage because they'll be used to the Coriolis effect and it's going to throw the earth base team.

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