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Inertia is a mass's resistance to a force exerted on it; thus, the inertia on an astronaut in flight to orbit is not any different than if she were accelerating in a car. Inertia is a function of mass, and not gravity. -Dennis Formal Definition of Inertia: http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/1/0,5716,43331+1+42378,00.html? query=inertia
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