Jay_Beckstead t1_j5wtv4f wrote on January 26, 2023 at 2:41 AM Reply to If you were in space facing Antartica and you flew towards it, gravity-wise would you be going up or down? by lifesyndrome Depends on Newton’s or Einstein’s rules of physics. Newton says you’d be “falling,” while Einstein would say that the Earth is rising up to meet you while being constantly warped by the time-space continuum. Permalink 2
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Reply to If you were in space facing Antartica and you flew towards it, gravity-wise would you be going up or down? by lifesyndrome
Depends on Newton’s or Einstein’s rules of physics. Newton says you’d be “falling,” while Einstein would say that the Earth is rising up to meet you while being constantly warped by the time-space continuum.