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Reply #73 resolved my paradox very neatly and politely.
I hesitate to derail the discussion further, but If you burn fuel in a rocket engine, do you generate thrust or not?
Are you suggesting that the moon landings were faked?
This leaves us with the observation that the sensation of doing nothing on the surface of a planet is indistinguishable from the sensation of burning fuel at an ever-increasing rate in the absence of a large external mass.
I hesitate to derail the discussion further,
If you burn fuel in a rocket engine, do you generate thrust or not?
The occupant feels as though he is standing on a planet, but knows he is accelerating because his fuel gauge is decreasing.