Pedro Duque's diary from space: Zero gravity has its downside

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 wrote:

Pedro Duque's diary from space: Zero gravity has its downside
25 October 2003

Those numerous weird %#8217 intrusions, as below into Perdor's posts makes
for unpleasant distracted reading. Can sometime be done to smooth out his
letters?

Let%#8217;s introduce now an additional factor: the lack of gravity. In
the Station one doesn%#8217;t walk nor run; one floats from one side to
the other. The sensation is of course very interesting, and the lack of
gravity is also the reason to invest so much money in placing a lab
here. It%#8217;s true that it%#8217;s possible to cross the corridor
very quickly if in a hurry, only by pushing at one side and braking at
the other. However, experience shows that it is incredibly difficult to
do this properl y without touching the walls, and ah!, as soon as one
touches a wall at high speed and without control the elves of physics
take revenge, and one is sent rotating and kicking everything.