a chance to make a trip into space with my friend Li Yanping, an astronomer
We visited the moon in our spaceship
Before we leave, Li Yanping explained to me that the forece of the gravity would change three times on our journey and that the first change would be the most powerful
Th en we were off
As the rocket rose into the air, we were pushed back into our seats because w e were tr ying to escape the pull of the earth gravity
It was so hard that we could not say anything to each other
Grad ually the weight lessened and I was able to talk to him
Why is the spaceship not falling back to the earth
On the earth if I fall from a tree I will fall to ground
I asked
We are too far from the earth now to feel its pull, h e explained, so w e feel as if there is no gravity at all
When we