ELI5, Is there a sense of direction and space?

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Like if you were to leave Earth’s atmosphere and “float” next to it would you see the “floor” of space? Is it darkness? Would you see the stars down too.

How can you get oriented to direction? What’s north, south, east west?

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There isn’t any “true” up, down, north, south, or backwards, forwards. To orient yourself, you have to decide on a reference object. Often, it is either the Earth or the Sun. If you have your reference object, you can say “I am 4,000 kms away from Earth, with my closest coordinate on the surface being 30° North, 15° East, or some other information that communicates where you are compared to Earth.

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