centrifugal force

FYI

Centrifugal force depends on gravity to work, doesn't it?

I often see, in representations of space stations and space vehicles,
a chamber that revolves or spins, producing artificial gravity. How is that possible? If the object is floating and the room starts spinning, it will simply spin around the object. Centrifugal force depends on gravity to work, doesn't it?


Paul Holtzheimer
Custer, Wash.


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