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To: rarestia

Interesting. I have always wondered where gravity was no longer a factor. When that guy jumped out of the capsule, he was in space, or so I thought..


37 posted on 03/27/2018 2:17:51 PM PDT by cardinal4 ("Sat stonefaced while the building burned..")
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To: cardinal4

International aero and astronautical bodies recognize the Karman Line (100 km) as the start of space. Felix Baumgartner jumped at 39 km, far short of the Karman Line, but it was a world record for skydiving.


38 posted on 03/27/2018 2:26:05 PM PDT by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: cardinal4

Gravity never stops being a factor. Objects in orbit are continuously “falling”, but their motion is forward, around the planet. If the object did not have forward motion it would fall straight down, like a free-falling parachutist.


40 posted on 03/27/2018 2:40:40 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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