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Re:LightSail 2 Spacecraft Successfully Demonstrates Flight b... by yarg on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @08:59PM (#20580286)
Newton's approximation of gravitational force is: G = gMm/d^2

The variable here is d (the distance between the centres of mass) - gravity is inverse quadratic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse-square_law), not exponential.

Re:LightSail 2 Spacecraft Successfully Demonstrates Flight b... by foota on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @10:21PM (#20580645)
I suspect they were referring to the tyranny of the rocket equation.