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Old 06.26.2008, 12:22 PM   #68
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Originally Posted by m1rr0r dash
there is gravity in "space" or the earth would not orbit the sun, it would fly off in a straight line. also blocks of trash fired into space are essentially placed in orbit around the sun also, meaning they will come back eventually.
there IS gravity but not nearly as much as on the earth. in simpleton terms there is none.
the sun's mass is greater than the earth's so everything in this solar system is pulled towards it (there's another gravity bit there)
so no, it won't come back to earth.



and i don't watch futurama because they always learn some kind of morally centered lesson at the end and i'm not into it.
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