lifesyndrome OP t1_j5wungc wrote on January 26, 2023 at 2:46 AM

Reply to comment by PM_Me_Frosted_Tits in If you were in space facing Antartica and you flew towards it, gravity-wise would you be going up or down? by lifesyndrome

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?

that's what I was asking

but I got the answer now

frendlyguy19 t1_j5wvwj4 wrote on January 26, 2023 at 2:54 AM

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

there is no top or bottom.

swifchif t1_j5wwni0 wrote on January 26, 2023 at 2:59 AM

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

PM_Me_Frosted_Tits t1_j5wxme5 wrote on January 26, 2023 at 3:06 AM

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.