Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: A glaring contradiction bothers me

I am still reading the book and enjoying it. But I can't find anyone asking if the Earth is still rotating on its original (earth time) 24hr cycle. At the time of "the event" the Russian cosmonauts stayed in orbit "7 days" (7 earth rotations?) outside the shield, but returned instantly. When the Chinese nukes temporarily disabled the shield, Tyler and Diane watched the stars come out and the galaxy evolve in high speed (eg the universe is fast forward, but earth is still rotating at normal speed from day to night). Did I miss something?