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OTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT: [[image]]
HORIZONTAL VELOCITY COMPONENT LARGE ENOUGH THAT YOU FALL "OVER THE EDGE"
IN ORBIT, YOU'RE IN FREE-FALL ... BUT HORIZONTAL VELOCITY IS ENOUGH THAT YOU DON'T HIT
FREE-FALL ... JUST LIKE FALLING ELEVATOR
-> SO "WEIGHTLESS" DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE AWAY FROM GRAVITY ("ZERO-G" IS BAD NAME)
[[PLBD?]]/CREW MODULE
[SLIDES: [[PAM-D?]], ETC
EARTH OBS