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Also note that this situation is similar to the case of {{W|Newton's cannonball}}. However, that is actually in very-low-earth-orbit β€” and you would need to be going 7,300 m/s, or about 16,000 mph (26,000 km/h) to stay in orbit. At that speed, of course, air friction would quickly destroy the cannonball or person. This is clearly not the case in the dream.
 
Also note that this situation is similar to the case of {{W|Newton's cannonball}}. However, that is actually in very-low-earth-orbit β€” and you would need to be going 7,300 m/s, or about 16,000 mph (26,000 km/h) to stay in orbit. At that speed, of course, air friction would quickly destroy the cannonball or person. This is clearly not the case in the dream.
  
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Getting weightless and drifting around was a fantasy in [[226: Swingset]]. The comic [[417: The Man Who Fell Sideways]] has some resemblance to this one.  In [[942: Juggling]], Cueball throws some balls and later a book.  They [http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Flying miss the ground].
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Getting weightless and drifting around was a fantasy in [[226: Swingset]]. The comic [[417: The Man Who Fell Sideways]] has some resemblance to this one.
  
 
In the book ''[[Thing Explainer]]'' Cueball jumps to score with a basketball in the explanation for ''Playing Fields'' only to find that he keeps rising steadily along a straight curve up above the hoop. Very similar to this jump that just lets Cueball float straight afterwards.
 
In the book ''[[Thing Explainer]]'' Cueball jumps to score with a basketball in the explanation for ''Playing Fields'' only to find that he keeps rising steadily along a straight curve up above the hoop. Very similar to this jump that just lets Cueball float straight afterwards.

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