Question

While orbiting around the earth in a spaceship, an astronaut weight becomes

• A. greater than their real weight
• B. lesser than their real weight
• C. zero
• D. Infinity

Answer 1

The correct option is C zero

In a spaceship the astronaut weighs zero. Since there is no gravity in the space person feels weightless. Apart from these space is a vacuum and there is no air resistance and thus we feel weightless.