If you drop something in space with no gravity, inside a spaceship that is moving at a constant velocity, what happens to the item that is dropped
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Step 1: Understand the environment — inside the spaceship, there is no gravity acting on the object, and the spaceship is moving at a constant velocity (meaning no acceleration). Show more…
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