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"Why do orbiting objects feel weightless, even though gravity is pulling them?"
Orbit is just a continuous free fall — you're falling with gravity, not against it. The elevator cable snapped.
Days of 12 hours. Ferocious winds. You'd weigh less. Most coastal cities would drown. Chaos, gloriously explained.
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