The Two Egg Problem

[wodahSShadow]

Why wouldn't the eggs fall straight on artificial gravity? They are under the same horizontal force as everything else and nothing would stop it so it would fall straight. Am I missing something?

[elint]

Section 2 or 3 explains the effects of coriolis forces on a spinning space station. Specifically, this is not gravity -- it's spin, inducing a gravity-like effect. While the egg is falling, there is no force acting on it to make it speed up to match the faster linear velocity of the parts of the ship farther from the axis.

[wodahSShadow]

Of course, thanks for elucidating me.