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Orbiting Satellites and Free-Fall Elevators Paul Robinson San Mateo High School laserpablo@ Dig deep . . . Suppose you could bore a tunnel through the center of the earth. Further suppose you could pump all the air out of this tunnel to eliminate air friction. What would happen if you devised an elevator that dropped all the through to the other side? This would be one heck of ride. Such an elevator would be like an 8,000-mile Drop Zone at Great America! How long? How fast? How long would it take for you to reach the other side of the earth? How long would a round trip be? And how fast