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Is there any anti-gravity technology?
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Does a pilot have to tilt plane's nose as it travels long distance to keep the plane horizontal to the plane of Earth as our Earth is a globe?
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Why is your weight on the moon one-sixth that of Earth?
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How does gravity help the flight of a paper airplane?
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Has any type of bird ever flown into space?
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What is the speed that a spacecraft has to reach before it escapes the Earth's gravitational field and is able to travel to the moon or elsewhere?
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What is the relationship between pressure and velocity for a liquid and gas?
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Why is planet Earth the only planet with life?
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Do you still send animals to space?
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How does shape effect lift?
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