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The space station was slowly spinning on its axis which is why Bullock was "hanging" from the straps and the elasticized tether between her and Clooney was stretched. When he released, he continued in a straight line instead of continuing tot circle the station. The elastic tether caused Bullock to drift back to the station. That Statics and Dynamics class was good for something.

Yeah, I suppose, but it didn't look to me like the station was spinning. And they had a lot of earlier shots of "spinning in space" for comparison. Maybe I missed it. I guess it's the only explanation that makes sense.

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