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What if you floated upwards 1 ft every second? (www.youtube.com)
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[โ€“] CreamyJalapenoSauce@piefed.social 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What if you hit some sort of local Lagrange point?

[โ€“] knightly@pawb.social 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If all the local sources of gravity are balanced out, then you'd probably start moving away from the center of the galaxy.