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Occupants in a single space shuttle in orbit feel weightless. describe a scheme whereby occupants in a pair of shuttles (or even one shuttle and another massive object in orbit) would be able to use a long cable to continuously experience a comfortably normal earthlike gravity.

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The scheme whereby occupants in a pair of shuttles is as follows
use a strong cable with large weight on the end
Then use the orbital naneuvering system(OMS) to set the whole work as spinning about their common center of gravity.
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