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Old 22nd Nov 2012, 08:00
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DaveReidUK
 
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It is worth remembering that at a given weight you will always have the same inertia
Inertia is a function of mass, not weight.

On its way to the Moon, Apollo had a lot of inertia but weighed nothing at one point.
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