how does gravity built up inside a space shuttle?

[plotter]

where does the gravitational force come from in the space shuttle even if its in the space

 

[MeteorWayne]

Not sure what you mean. Gravity does not "build up" in the space shuttle.

Gravity is an effect of every object with mass in the Universe. For the shuttle, the primary source of gravity affecting it is the earth, since it is the closest large mass. It also feels gravity from the moon, the sun, Jupiter, the Andromeda galaxy, the astronauts in the shuttle, the ISS, and any object within about 13 billion light years of us, but all of those are much smaller than that from the earth. In fact, if the earth's gravity wasn't there, the shuttle would fly off into space, rather than orbit the planet.

 

[drwayne]

Are you asking whether the shuttle has any form of articificial gravity?

Or are you asking how gravity acts on the shuttle?

I am sure your question was clear to you when you asked it, but it didn't quite come across to me.

Wayne

 

[kelvinzero]

Just taking a potshot here,

The gravity affecting the space shuttle is only slightly weaker than the gravity we experience on earth.

You would not feel the gravity however because the space shuttle is in freefall. You also would not feel gravity if you jumped off a tall building (until you hit the bottom).

Unlike jumping off a tall building, the shuttle never gets any closer to the earth because it is moving so rapidly sideways that the surface of the earth (being a curve) has dropped away beneath it. It is a weird thing but worth getting your head around: the shuttle is always falling towards the earth, but never gets any closer.

One additional thing worth noting is that there are actually some forces inside the shuttle. Although on average it is in freefall, the side of the shuttle that is closer to the earth would feel a very slight force downwards, and the side that is furthest from the earth would feel a very slight force outwards.