From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: This Idiot, Idiots Again
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:58:31 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-10-21 20:23, AlleyCat wrote:
>> Nope, nowhere even close. Because folks smarter than you know that the
>> bullet never was going fast enough to escape Earth's gravity well.
> Wow... another case of liberals seeing only what they WANT to see. What part
> of...
>
> "Maybe the assassin could rent a rocket from Elon Musk and fly into orbit..."
>
> ... did you not understand?
>
> "Into orbit", stupid... means OUT of Earth's gravity well. Even in LEO.
Completely and utterly wrong.
>
> You can experience weightlessness in orbit around Earth, which is about 200-
> 800 kilometers (124-497 miles) above the surface.
Which doesn't mean you're not affected by the earth's gravitational
pull. It simply means everything around you is experiencing the same pull.
The far better term for what you misunderstand as "weightlessness" is
"free fall"; as in you and the spacecraft in which you travel are both
falling freely.
>
> Here's a rough breakdown of distances and the effects of gravity:
>
> Low Earth Orbit (LEO): 160-2,000 km (99-1,243 miles) - Astronauts in LEO
> experience micro-gravity.
>
> Medium Earth Orbit (MEO): 2,000-36,000 km (1,243-22,369 miles) - Objects in
> MEO also experience micro-gravity.
>
> Geostationary Orbit (GEO): 36,000 km (22,369 miles) - Satellites in GEO are in
> a stable orbit and experience micro-gravity.
>
> Weightlessness can be experienced in orbit around Earth, which is relatively
> close to the planet.
>
> Remember, stupid:
>
> "Maybe the assassin could rent a rocket from Elon Musk and fly into orbit..."
>
> Learn to read everything someone, lest you look as stupid as you do now.
Wow. You're even stupider than I thought...
...and I already thought you were pretty stupid.
"Weightlessness" doesn't mean that gravity isn't still pulling you, Loser.
And being in orbit does NOT mean you are OUT of earth's gravity well.
It is earth's gravity (in combination with the correct velocity) that
keeps things IN orbit.