In order to produce artificial gravity a large cylindrical space station is spinning in space. If the radius of the space station is 70 m, with what angular velocity should the space station spin in order to provide a gravitational acceleration for the occupants of 9.81 m s ^-2 ?

If the mass of the space station is 60 tones, what is the kinetic energy of the spinning space station?

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