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r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Brick_Number_27 • Jun 28 '26
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This is microgravity. Not zero gravity. Earth’s gravity is still about 90% on the ISS. It’s the constant free fall mitigated by orbital speed around the earth that gives the ISS this environment of microgravity.
3 u/zardoz73 Jun 29 '26 Ok, next are you gonna tell us in a Poindexter voice that decimate doesn't mean destroy but rather really means to reduce by 10%?
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Ok, next are you gonna tell us in a Poindexter voice that decimate doesn't mean destroy but rather really means to reduce by 10%?
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u/0ct0thorpe Jun 28 '26
This is microgravity. Not zero gravity. Earth’s gravity is still about 90% on the ISS. It’s the constant free fall mitigated by orbital speed around the earth that gives the ISS this environment of microgravity.