The weightlessness is simply for being in free fall, not for being in what people are calling space. It's just like the parachute drop or whatever it is at the amusement park. You're weightless over that time. Do you need to go up 62 miles, 100 kilometers, to see the night sky? No, you can just wait until the sun sets. But anyway, and for those of you out there, they're called jokes. Don't write me in.
Bezos? Branson? Elon Musk? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice break down why all these billionaires are going to space, how achieving orbit works, and how to wrap our heads around exponentially large numbers.
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