What is the point of gravity and why do we have gravity, and space doesnt?
The pull of gravity is directly proportional to the mass of the objects, but inversely proportion to the square of the distance. So, the farther apart two objects are, the weaker is the gravitational attraction between them. You are not totally free of gravity in space. The reason an object can be put into orbit is the balance between its speed and the pull of gravity on it. But the farther you get from the earth, the weaker the effect of earth’s gravity becomes. And in far distant outer space, far away from any large object, the gravitational pull of any of those objects would be negligible.
