Question

A person sitting in a chair in a satellite feels weightless because 

(A) the earth does not attract the objects in a satellite 

(B) the normal force by the chair on the person balances the earth’s attraction 

(C) the normal force is zero 

(D) the person in satellite is not accelerated

Answer 1

Correct option: (C) the normal force is zero

Explanation:

since normal force is zero, the person sitting in a chair in a satellite feels weightless.