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[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You would never escape the influence of Earth's gravity, as far as I know.

From what I understand everything in the universe has a slight gravitational effect no matter the distance, it's just that the effect get infinitesimally small, but never reaching zero.

[-] bluemellophone@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

This is the reason why theoretical physicists and engineers rarely have fun together at parties.

[-] Izzy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I knew as soon as I typed this that someone would bring this up. ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ

this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2023
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