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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 06:46 PM
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"The 23 Soyuz crew departed today. I'm going to miss those guys. Fair winds and following seas.... "
From the ISS:



http://ping.fm/p/MtuTv
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 07:02 PM
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1. It's amazing that weightlessness is so close to the earth.
Gravity isn't the king of us.
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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 08:25 PM
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2. I sincerely hope that was a joke!
Earth's gravity is what holds the moon in orbit, so if you think gravity disappears a few hundred miles out then you have a profound misunderstanding of how gravity works.
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