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In article <33982@ogicse.ogi.edu> jlewis@ogicse.ogi.edu (Jeff Lewis) writes:
>Somehow nearly 50% of college students not having a clue about gravity
>doesn't surprise or bother me nearly as much as supposedly scientifically
>educated students (such as engineers) who think that there's no gravity
>in earth orbit because you see guys floating around in space shuttles
>(my experience is that the number is surprisingly high).

Oops - a poor choice of words on my part.  To hopefully prevent any unnecessary
followup on this subthread, let me clarify:

From a relativistic point of view, there indeed is no gravity in earth orbit -
from the point of view of the orbiting body.  However, what I meant to convey
was the erroneous belief that being in orbit put you far enough away from earth
such that you effectively had "no gravity", and it is this reason, not the fact
that the orbiting body is in free fall, that leaves you floating.

--Jeff