• Pyr_Pressure
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    11 months 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.

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      11 months ago

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

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      11 months ago

      I knew as soon as I typed this that someone would bring this up. 😵‍💫