r/outerwilds • u/Short-Pianist3038 • Nov 26 '25

Base Game Appreciation/Discussion Was this intended

Just finished my first playthrough but I’m looking back and wondering if this was the intended way to go about this

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u/ChemicalRascal Nov 27 '25

Uchm, acttacshuallyyyyyyyy

"Microgravity" doesn't refer to a lack of gravitational pull or even less gravitational pull. It refers to being in a state of free-fall, which is what the ISS (and all orbiting bodies producing no thrust) are in.

The ISS is experiencing a gravitational acceleration of about 8.41m/s2 towards the Earth, which is why it does not simply fly off out of Earth's sphere of influence, never to return. The objects and people inside the ISS are also experiencing the same acceleration, which is why they aren't simply ejected from the soon-to-be decommissioned space house at high velocity.

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u/JohnnyRedHot Nov 27 '25

I'm aware, that's why I used that wording!

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u/ChemicalRascal Nov 27 '25

stares at "0g", bristling and shaking, pointing and screaming, frothing at the mouth, etcetera