Wednesday, November 10, 2010

How many miles would a space shuttle have to go above earth to be completely unaffected by earth's gravity?

Question by Alec Beattie: How many miles would a space shuttle have to go above earth to be completely unaffected by earth's gravity?
Assume that the space shuttle is just an average NASA shuttle. By "completely unaffected" by gravity, I mean that it would be able to just keep on going at the same speed indefinitely , because there was no friction or gravity .
okay, I know that nothing can be completely unaffected by gravity. Just give me the altitude where the effect of EARTH's gravity

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