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[Eric Berger] Artemis II is going so well that we're left to talk about frozen urine (arstechnica.com)

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[–] Starfighter@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Yes

Within the same gravitational field, all bodies accelerate in vacuum at the same rate, regardless of the masses or compositions of the bodies; [1]

Wikipedia: Gravitational Acceleration first paragraph. Follow the [1] citation for a better source than Wikipedia.

Additionally orbital mechanics would break down. If a dragon spacecraft at the same altitude as the ISS wouldn't experience the same gravitational acceleration they would have differing orbital periods and thus velocities and could never dock (or perform proximity operations).

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 0 points 4 days ago

TIL. Thanks :)