In the film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, astronauts travel through space and experience artificial gravity created by a spinning, cylindrical space station. In order to generate the same gravitational acceleration felt on Earth's surface, a space station rotates so that an astronaut standing inside its outer rim moves tangentially at 42.742.7 m/s. What is the diameter d of the space station?

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In the film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, astronauts travel through space and experience artificial gravity created by a spinning, cylindrical space station. In order to generate the same gravitational acceleration felt on Earth's surface, a space station rotates so that an astronaut standing inside its outer rim moves tangentially at 42.742.7 m/s. What is the diameter d of the space station?

 

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