Horizons: Exploring the Universe (MindTap Course List)
Horizons: Exploring the Universe (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Michael A. Seeds, Dana Backman
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Why is it a little bit misleading to say that this astronaut is weightless (see Figure UN 4-7)?

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