imagine that you are on a spaceship that is far from the sun or any planet. Explain why a 500 kg piece of equipment would be difficult to move, even though the object would be weightless?

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James Roach

Physics

16 February, 07:16

imagine that you are on a spaceship that is far from the sun or any planet. Explain why a 500 kg piece of equipment would be difficult to move, even though the object would be weightless?

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Malcolm Lam · Answer 1

Even though the object is weightless, it would need inertia, I. e, you pushing it or any form of transportation. So you would still have to push that 500kg to just keep it moving in space. Say if it were a planet with less gravitational force, it would be weightless.