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Old 12-29-2008, 03:57 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Zeraph View Post
Right. Which is why my question specified the dark side of earth, i.e. shade

But in order to stay on the dark side of the earth, you'd have to not be orbiting (else the orbit would naturally carry you around to the shiny side). In order to remain in Earth's shadow, you would have to provide constant, and very powerful, thrust against the pull of gravity. The heat from the rocket would warm you right up
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