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How does an astronaut's inertia on Earth compare to his inertia in space, where he experiences little to no gravitational forces?

How does an astronaut's inertia on Earth compare to his inertia in space, where he experiences little to no gravitational forces?
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How does an astronaut's inertia on Earth compare to his inertia in space, where he experiences little to no gravitational forces?

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Inertia is the resistance to respond to a force acting on a body and that is determined by the body's mass. The mass does not change, whether the astronaut is on earth or in space.
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