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ArcticHelix OP t1_je9s5ix wrote

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Will humans feel the same amount of gs in a turn in space and on earth or will one be able to turn sharper even if it is slight?

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dirschau t1_je9uirk wrote

The one difference in the same sharpness of turn between space and earth is that there's already 1g of acceleration always acting on you towards the earth.

So, say, a rocket liftoff always has 1g more acting on you than the pure acceleration of the rocket would suggest. Acceleration towards the ground would have you feel 1 less.

Any side-to-side will always point slightly towards the ground on earth (the earth's g and the side acceleration forming a triangle), while it would be a pure centrifugal effect in empty space. So technically on earth, you'd experience a slightly higher g force, but not by a full g (same as the hypothenuse of a traingle isn't the simple sum of the sides).

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