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humblemandudebroguy t1_j5xdo50 wrote

Reply to If you were in space facing Antartica and you flew towards it, gravity-wise would you be going up or down? by lifesyndrome

I think what you’re trying to say is that because maps/globes have Antarctica on the bottom…. That while you fly toward earth, would you perceive it as flying “up” like at the bottom of a ball.

Maybe from afar it would look like “the bottom” because of the bias we have thanks to maps….

But you would “feel” gravity pulling you towards earth as usual. The sensation wouldn’t be different at all.

Visually…. The earth is effing huge and you would have to be WAY FAR AWAY in order to even think “up” or “down”.

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Engineering_Flimsy t1_j5xcwnr wrote

Reply to comment by anona_moose in If you were in space facing Antartica and you flew towards it, gravity-wise would you be going up or down? by lifesyndrome

I lived way too many years in Florida. Loved the weather and the ocean. But, everything else... Was a fair trade for a long while, those perks versus the craziness that seemed almost drawn to that State. Eventually, though, the scales tipped the other way and now I live in South Carolina.

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DrHugh t1_j5x3ao4 wrote

Reply to comment by Damiklos in If you were in space facing Antartica and you flew towards it, gravity-wise would you be going up or down? by lifesyndrome

You'd probably get that sense well above the atmosphere. There have been a lot of videos that do a Google Earth kind of "fly in" effect. If you were surrounded by such views, the sense of collision would probably be very strong, regardless of whether you had a sense of acceleration. I would suspect that different people would experience alarm at different altitude or perceived speeds.

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KenethSargatanas t1_j5x2bc2 wrote

Reply to comment by CyberneticPanda in Mycotecture — the use of mushrooms and other fungal substances for architectural purposes — could be key to building affordable, fire-resistant, insulated habitats on the Moon and Mars. NASA aims to experiment with the technique on the Moon in 2025. by clayt6

There is plenty locked up in the water ice we've detected in the polar craters. Simple electrolysis would produce more then enough hydrogen.

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Phoebesrent-a-bee t1_j5x1jqb wrote

Reply to comment by jamesangellaw in If you were in space facing Antartica and you flew towards it, gravity-wise would you be going up or down? by lifesyndrome

Ah sorry, i fired off too soon. Read the first sentence and skimmed past. My b, friend! I would say that while personally reading something there is no right or wrong way to pronounce things, but the movie by most metrics didn’t get it wrong, as the book states how the author intended the name to be pronounced and had some reasoning behind it. But on the other side, fuck noted homophobe religious wierdo orsen scott card. So like, 6 of 1, half dozen other etc.

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