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I have almost no formal training in physics, and I am only a junior in high school, so this may be a stupid question. But, anyways, I recently watched some documentaries on gravity and general/special relativity. I understand why objects orbit in accordance with GR (the orbiting object is moving in a straight line, but its path is curved due to the curvature), but I don't understand why a person would come back to Earth after jumping due to the space-time curvature described in GR. If anyone could clarify, it'd be very helpful and much appreciated!