Shouldn’t it decrease gradually as we go up?
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The weightless effect of being in orbit is NOT due to “being in space”, but is a consequence of being in perpetual freefall while in orbit. That’s what being in orbit means, that you are constantly falling around the earth but never getting any closer. So, you are quite literally freefalling, and that appears to make you weightless.
But, in actuality there is almost just as much gravity at that altitude as there is on the surface. You are correct, it gradually fades away over a MUCH larger distance than typical orbital distance.
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