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2024-12-21 22:06:24 UTC - HELPFUL
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This is falsely used as a “gotcha” by flat earthers or space deniers, but it willfully ignores the very clear distinction between A plane: Traveling in the atmosphere against air resistance And the shuttle: Traveling in a vacuum or near vacuum w/o it. https://www.nasa.gov/reference/the-space-shuttle/#:~:text=After%20the%20solid%20rockets%20are,more%20than%201.2%20million%20pounds. https://science.howstuffworks.com/space-shuttle.htm Vacuum: https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/amp/air-altitude-density-volume-d_195.html
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