Research: Zero gravity and weightlessness

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Weightlessness is the absence of weight, as a freely falling body, (dictionary.com, 2017).

The experience of weightlessness involves no external force pushing or pulling upon a body, (Wikipedia, 2017).

The feeling of apparent weight originates from the support you feel from the ground, (hyperphysics, n.d.).

As a result, there is a provision of handles in our room and the absence of a floor. The handles provide easier navigation to different areas of the room.

Zero gravity is associated with the apparent effect of gravity being a zero. Usually a body is in a free fall or in orbit, (Dictionary.com, 2017). We ensured that a zero gravity was established by a self-rotating room. The room being self-rotating is a non-gravitational force which, creates a simulation of weight. 

References

dictionary.com. (2017, November 1). weightless. Retrieved from http://www.dictionary.com: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/weightlessness

Dictionary.com. (2017, November 1). zero gravity. Retrieved from http://www.dictionary.com/: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/zero-gravity

hyperphysics. (n.d.). Feeling weightless when you go over the hump. Retrieved from http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Mechanics/hump.html

Wikipedia. (2017, September 18). Weightlessness. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weightlessness