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Old 12th Mar 2014, 20:21
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awblain
 
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At 10km up, about 0.15% of the radius of the Earth, gravity is indeed weaker by about 0.3%, but that's completely irrelevant.

By definition, the sea level has a constant gravity. Mentioning there might be changes in gravity just casts doubt on the sensibility of the rest of the discussion.
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