Russian man flies past American woman.... in space.... Because it's OK for them to get along up there.

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You know what I find odd. They are up on space, flung around at 17,000 miles per hours.

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And they can’t spin them at a rate to get 1 g of gravity? It’s relatively a low amount of force,

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That's an interesting idea that you raise. If the space station had to continually spin in order to provide gravity then a new challenge would arise: How would they keep the solar panels aimed at the Sun to continue to receive the electricity they need to function? If the entire space station were spinning, then the solar panels would also be spinning and no longer be pointed at the sun. That is only one complication that would arise from spinning the space station.