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Comment by NobodyNada

4 days ago

Humans have not left Earth's gravity well. We've built probes that have, but humans have only gotten as far as orbit.

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pezezin  4 days ago

Did you forget about the Moon landings?

  • NobodyNada  4 days ago

    That's pretty close to escaping the Earth's gravity well, but not quite out, since the Moon is definitely still orbiting the Earth.

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