From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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 12:30:33 -0400
Organization: None
Alan wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
> 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.
Gravity wells are infinite, though they weaken by the
inverse-square law.
G * m1 * m2
F = -----------
2
r
> 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.
>
> <snip>
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