A Future Use of Space Stations May Be to Provide

question 54

Multiple Choice

A future use of space stations may be to provide hospitals for severely burned persons.It is very painful for a badly burned person on Earth to lie in bed.In a space station,the effect of gravity can be reduced or even eliminated.How long should each rotation take for a doughnut-shaped hospital of 200-m radius so that persons on the outer perimeter would experience 1/10 the normal gravity of Earth?

• A)91 min
• B)8.7 min
• C)4.6 min
• D)1.5 min
• E)0.011 min

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