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To: katana
The International Space Station flies well within the Earth's

The ISS doesn't "fly", it orbits. Airplanes fly.

18 posted on 09/26/2016 7:05:14 AM PDT by ETL (God PLEASE help America...Never Hillary!)
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To: ETL

You might check your definition of what constitutes “orbit” and “flying”. They’re flying at around seventeen thousand miles per hour relative to Earth’s surface, which in near vacuum allows the craft to remain in orbit and not fall into the planet’s gravity well. So if they aren’t flying they’re soon going to be dying.


19 posted on 09/26/2016 7:19:05 AM PDT by katana
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