Astronaut Bruce Mccandless II Floats Untethered Away From The Safety Of The Space Shuttle With nothing but his Manned Maneuvering Unit keeping him alive. The first person in history to do so. [700x929 - 88KB]

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Momentum and the exponential nature of gravity as you get closer to things are the two physics components that make such a thing possible... the problem with flat earthers is that they all say things like what you just said. Which clearly demonstrates you have absolutely no actual understanding of the things youre trying to disprove. Maybe youre right, maybe youre wrong. But you definitely dont actually understand the concepts youre trying to refute.

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When you throw an object out of your window while driving down the highway the object has forward momentum but slows down as soon as it's decoupled. Same principle here. Once decoupled the man is moving much slower than the shuttle. There would be no way to catch back up without considerable forward momentum. I think it's you who does not understand the physics or the concept. Try again, except this time use logic.

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