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From: Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi>
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Subject: Re: Free fall
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 12:21:00 PDT
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On 2024-03-15 01:11:39 +0000, Luigi Fortunati said:

> In free fall, can you go anywhere freely or are there constraints that
> prevent this?

There are constraints. A free fall requires empty space.
A free fall to the end of the empty space ends there.

> Of course you can't fall straight up and you can't fall sideways.

You can if you have initial motion in that direction.

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Mikko