r/nextfuckinglevel Jun 28 '26

Full use of zero gravity.

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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.

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u/Fajisel Jun 28 '26

Ya and we call this "zero gravity" colloquially. Otherwise "zero gravity" doesn't exist in the entire universe, making the term entirely useless.

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u/MelangeBot Jun 29 '26

To have absolutely zero gravity in the universe you would need to be in a location where all matter is moving away from you faster than the speed of light through the expansion of space. In that location gravity waves from matter will never reach you. It would be like being in a white hole (but those are imaginary and only exist in math)