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OpenStudy (anonymous):

if you are in a weightless environment in space, would it require a force to set an object in motion

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes. Even though the object may be "weightless" it still has mass. Inertia is a property of matter (or mass) that resists changes in motion. They object will indeed require a force to set it in motion because of it's Inertia.

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