"Space doesn't have an overall up or down so gravity brings things closer to the ground, wherever that ground is. It's more about attaching things to a surface but a surface is a surface, regardless of the shape it's on."
It takes his brain a little bit to catch up to the question.
"And as far as I can tell, yes. I've looked over everything online about NASA, about space exploration here, tons of available data from radio telescopes, footage of Earth from space, footage from the moon landings... it's all the same as back home."
He goes on, "And back home, where most of the history of space exploration is the same as it is here - the same so far, anyway - I've taken shuttles from the ground to the atmosphere of planets. Lots of times."
He nods.
"I've seen it. When you get high enough up, higher even than Mt. Everest, the view curves. And when you get even higher, even far enough away, it's a sphere. Every planet I've ever been to is a sphere. You can fly right around them and see it out of the viewscreen."
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It takes his brain a little bit to catch up to the question.
"And as far as I can tell, yes. I've looked over everything online about NASA, about space exploration here, tons of available data from radio telescopes, footage of Earth from space, footage from the moon landings... it's all the same as back home."
He goes on, "And back home, where most of the history of space exploration is the same as it is here - the same so far, anyway - I've taken shuttles from the ground to the atmosphere of planets. Lots of times."
He nods.
"I've seen it. When you get high enough up, higher even than Mt. Everest, the view curves. And when you get even higher, even far enough away, it's a sphere. Every planet I've ever been to is a sphere. You can fly right around them and see it out of the viewscreen."