When in free fall are you actually weightless or do you just FEEL weightless? Is it the same thing if weight is relative?

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When in free fall are you actually weightless or do you just FEEL weightless? Is it the same thing if weight is relative?

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You feel because you didn’t just lose all your mass.

If you’re in free fall but inside and thus don’t feel the drag of air, such as on Iss, then it will feel exactly as if you were weightless.

But even on Iss gravity is only around 12% less than on the surface of earth.

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