12. How does it feel without a gravitational pull? How long does it take for the body to get used to a zero-gravity environment? Does the change of gravity ever get on astronauts' nerves? (A K2S Question)

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Well, basically, you feel free. There is nothing to hold you to the ground. You could have drawers on the ceiling and they would be just as easy to reach as a cabinet on the floor because you could simply float to whatever you need. Each person's body is a little different in terms of the time it takes to adjust to weightlessness. I would imagine that sometimes the astronauts feel annoyed that they have to be strapped in to go to sleep or by the fact that they always have to be holding onto something in order to stay still.

Answer provided by Dana S. Klein & D. Brooke Owens


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