I've often thought the arguments for and against the terms "mass" and
"weight" that I've seen bandied about in this forum were an petty exercise
in semantics. However, if NASA is talking about an object in space, this is
no longer the case. NASA and the blindly following news media give the
object's earth weight (in pounds of course). The weight is different in
outerspace, the mass remains the same.
Using earth weight is just plain wrong.
Scott C
James R. Frysinger wrote:
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> 3. The term "weight" is used where "mass" is correct. This would be
> acceptable in commerce or casual use, but in technical documents such
> as this the use of "weight" should be reserved to signify
> (gravitational) force.
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> sincerely,
> James R. Frysinger
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