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PM_Me_Frosted_Tits t1_j5wu8yd wrote

I'm confused, did you think people fall into space at the south pole?

Gravity has no up or down in a concrete sense. Whatever side of the globe you're on when you re-enter the atmosphere is going to be facing "up" and you'll be flying "down" towards the surface and the pull of gravity.

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lifesyndrome OP t1_j5wungc wrote

no no no

I'm saying (in a child's mind lol) if u were superman

and went to space and looked at the bottom of the earth(Antartica) and flew TOWARDS IT....are you flying up...or down?

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that's what I was asking

but I got the answer now

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frendlyguy19 t1_j5wvwj4 wrote

its not the bottom of earth, you're getting South/Down/Bottom confused

there is no top or bottom.

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swifchif t1_j5wwni0 wrote

How could that be flying up? How could that possibly be interpreted as "up"?

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PM_Me_Frosted_Tits t1_j5wxme5 wrote

The concepts of up or down are meaningless in microgravity environments, you're facing towards, away, or adjacent to something but up and down is non-applicable.

You wouldn't feel like you're flying "Up" at the earth because where the south pole is depends on your own perspective. Change your direction and now it's "down" and on "top" of the earth.

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