Thread:Grxxn/@comment-2089817-20130324221858/@comment-5847836-20130329033928

Yeah, that's not how "equal and opposite reaction" works. When you fall out of an airplane without a parachute, and hit the ground at high speed, you exert a force on the Earth. The Earth does exert a force to slow you down; it's the force that breaks you into a hundred pieces.