The gravitational field of the Earth is close to zero
there in space shuttle territory, compared to down here on the
earth surface.
a. true
b. false
c. sometimes true, sometimes false
False it is not even at the distance of moon that's why moon orbit earth
At a distance of 6400 km that is radius of earth it is 1/4 still considerable
So answer in my opinion is false
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