"When you are ready, I'll switch us to internal gravity."

The internal gravity was still up, butIsrael no longer had any emission signature at all.

He felt as if some internal gravity had been switched off, leaving him to float.

Then he felt a subtle shift in the ship's internal gravity.

He pulled on his helmet, then called the tower for clearance and switched to internal gravity.

Then, gulping down his transition to internal gravity, he released the brakes.

After that, it was again time for internal gravity.

To avoid crushing him, he would have to keep the internal and external gravities exactly balanced.

Why had the internal gravity of the celestial bodies not pulled them all together into one huge spherical mass?

Ultimately there is a direct contest between internal gravity and the tidal forces.