24. How much less does one weigh in space? How much would someone who weighs 100 pounds weigh in space? (A K2S Question)

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Well, you actually weigh nothing while you are in orbit, as weight means that there is a net gravity force on your body, so whatever your weight on Earth, it would be zero in orbit. Objects still have mass, which is their intrinsic property to resist motion, so if you pushed on a heavy object it would go in one direction and you would go in the opposite direction.

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Answer provided by Byron Lichtenberg, Ph.D.

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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