Explain in one or two sentences why astronauts are able to lift heavy equipment more…

PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Gravitation · Gravitation

Problem

Explain in one or two sentences why astronauts are able to lift heavy equipment more easily on the Moon than on the Earth, even though their mass remains unchanged.

Related theory

Mass, Weight & Apparent Weight
Gravitation
Mass and weight
Laws of Motion
Contact and non-contact forces
Variation of g
Weight of an object on the Moon

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