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Weightlessness: What is 'Free Fall'?



I am not too comfortable with the use of the term 'Free Fall' to explain weightlessness in satellites. If something is falling its height from the ground is decreasing.

I believe the use of the term 'Free Fall' is a good escape from a tedious but accurate explanation for why astonauts feel weightless.

-Hasan Fakhruddin