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Can a car operate in the absence of gravity?


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No, all sorts of things would go wrong... First of all, the car needs gravity to keep it attached to the road, otherwise it would just float up in the air and the turning wheels would do absolutely nothing. Second, some of the important mechanisms in a car (such as the gas tank) depend on gravity in order to work properly...

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