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This sort of degenerated into something else, but for the record let me state two things:
1. Gravitational acceleration is directly proportional to the masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between two objects; therefore, the astronauts didn't float off the moon because the moon exerted a gravitational acceleration greater than that of any other object because of its proximity. It is also worth noting that the astronauts exerted an equal but opposite force on the moon that the moon exerted on them, but due to the moon's much greater mass, the effect upon it was negligible.
2. I'm from Texas and I make some pretty good pork ribs, but I won't claim Texas has the best bbq. I don't know who does but we probably don't. Steaks, on the other hand...
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