FINE POINTS OF GRAVITY
The parabolic airplane flights that produce weightlessness are not in microgravity. The force of gravity is reduced little at that altitude. "Physics Including Human Applications" by Fuller, Fuller and Fuller states that the force of gravity is reduced only about 10% at the altitude of orbiting...
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