This is a video clip of the cartoon Road Runner. At 0:44, Wile E. Cayote walks off a cliff and continues to walk in mid air for at least 2 seconds. While loitering in mid air, Wile E. Cayote takes a look down, realizing he is not standing on solid ground, and finally starts to decend down the cliff. This is when the 9.8 m per second takes over. Our reasoning as to why this is impossible is because of the existence of gravity. Gravity is defined as the natural force of attraction exerted by a celestial body, such as Earth, upon objects at or near its surface, tending to draw them toward the center of the body. Basically, what that means is that without gravity, one would float off into the atmosphere without ever coming down - like how Wile E. Cayote was floating in mid air almost as if gravity was not present. Of course, considering that gravity is always present in the Earth's atmosphere, floating in the air like that is impossible.
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