Posted on 04/19/2014 8:40:10 AM PDT by doug from upland
Still wouldn’t work, you need a solid platform to jump from (ie, not crashing down heh)
Look at his equation again, distance is a factor along with mass. Gravity is a little higher at the poles than the equator because they are just a little closer to the center of the earth.
Also, gravity goes out in all directions just like magnetism.
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