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 12:29:00 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-10-22 12:11, chine.bleu wrote:
> Alan wrote:
>> On 2025-10-21 20:23, AlleyCat wrote:
>
>>> "Into orbit", stupid... means OUT of Earth's gravity well. Even in LEO.
>>
>> Completely and utterly wrong.
>
> Into orbit means enough speed to circle the primary without falling. For
> Earth that means above almost all the air.
There are lots of different speeds where that is true, and while the
atmosphere is below most of the altitudes at which we CHOOSE to orbit
objects, that's because of the drag caused by it.
>
>>> 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.
>
> You experience weightlessness when you run.
If you mean in the very brief moments when you aren't touching the
ground with either foot, that's true, but hardly relevant.
>
>> 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.
>
> Only an expert would use terms like 'gravity well'. You are obviously a
> mere mortal.
<yawn>