low-orbit (satellite)
The space shuttle ride in Enchanted Kingdom utilizes the principles of mechanics and physics, specifically centripetal force and acceleration. The ride's movement creates a feeling of weightlessness and acceleration, mimicking the experience of space travel. Riders experience forces acting on their body as the shuttle moves along its circular path.
The circular path is known as an orbit.
Centripetal force is the force that makes an object follow a circular path by pulling it towards the center of the circle.
It depends how you look at it. If you turn your head 90 degrees, you will see a vertical circular path. Note that there is no "up" and "down" in outer space; no preferred direction. The horizontal circular path is the way it is usually presented. This is just a convention.
The motion of a body along a path around some point in space is called circular motion. This type of motion involves the body moving in a circular path with a constant speed. The centripetal force acts towards the center of the circle, keeping the body in its circular path.
There is no specific type of torque. Torque is only the 'Circular' force that makes the body move in the circular path.
Combination of gravity and the shuttle's inertia creates a curved path parallel to Earth's surface.
circuitous path orbit
The centripetal force is the force that acts towards the center of a circular path, keeping an object moving in that path. It can be thought of as a push or a pull, depending on the context, as long as it maintains the object's circular motion.
The trajectory of a closed loop, circular or elliptical, is an "orbit".
centripetal
The reason object move around space is inertia. Take the moon and Earth for example, gravity makes the moon stay close to the Earth, and inertia makes the moon circle (or revolve, or orbit) around the Earth in a circular motion. the path it takes is called its orbit.