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This is a normal post Not weightless, just falling.
Even at the ISS gravity is about 90% of that at the surface of the earth, it's just moving sideways as fast as it's falling to earth.

Any rocket would be similarly 'weightless' at the apogee of it's trajectory whether that was 73 miles up 3 feet up!
 (I helped save b3ta! da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Mon 23 Feb 2015, 13:34, Reply)
This is a normal post Shush
I know that, but let the children of B3ta dream.
 (smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Mon 23 Feb 2015, 13:39, Reply)
This is a normal post There ARE weightless in the ISS
what they are not is massless.

Orbiting objects are (as you rightly point out) in a state of semi-perpetual free fall so subjectively they don't feel the force of gravity, hence weightless.
 (I helped save b3ta! notoolsovernight you're all luvvly an' 'orrible, Mon 23 Feb 2015, 13:54, Reply)
This is a normal post meanwhile over at ISIS they are clueless

(I helped save b3ta! fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Mon 23 Feb 2015, 15:11, Reply)
This is a normal post "Shakes angry fist at the Sky"
YOU IDIOTS ARE NOT WEIGHTLESS, YOU ARE FALLING, GET A CLUE!!!
People these days, living in or above a cloud.
 (smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Mon 23 Feb 2015, 15:14, Reply)
This is a normal post Depends how you define the term 'weight'
'Mass' is the scientific term for the inherent property of matter that (among other things) causes objects to fall under the force of gravity. The term 'weight' is much less well defined, and for the purposes of describing the phenomenon of floating around in a space capsule 'weightlessness' is a perfectly reasonable description of being in a state where force of gravity appears to have been suspended and things do not fall towards the earth as they would normally do.
 (I helped save b3ta! notoolsovernight you're all luvvly an' 'orrible, Mon 23 Feb 2015, 16:15, Reply)
This is a normal post In the middle of Material Science, and Mechanical Physics course...
So "Weight = mass x gravity" has been pummelled into my head with vigorous fervour.

So I agree with you that, in orbit, we experience "free-fall counteracted by velocity" and the true "weightlessness" only exists, in theory, in interstellar space.

And I bloody wish that mankind would send a probe to confirm or deny it instead of invading another stupid place full of brown people, or refinancing bankers with gambling habits.

I think the F35 or the bailout has already cost multiples of the total budget NASA or ESA budget since their inception.
So as much as I like fancy jets and fat cat bankers, I think that we, as a race, should strive a bit more for science and a bit less on dick waving and pocket filling.
 (smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Mon 23 Feb 2015, 16:59, Reply)
This is a normal post They are weightless in the sense that if they put a bathroom scale on their feet, it would measure zero
The common misconception is that they are experiencing 'zero gravity'.

Zero-gravity is essentially impossible as long as there are atoms in the universe - Anything with mass creates a gravitational field.

As already described, the effect is due to being in a state of freefall.
 (I helped save b3ta! HoratioFellatio Taking the the out of psychotherapist, Mon 23 Feb 2015, 17:16, Reply)
This is a normal post Well
It's not exactly rocket science, isn't it?
 (smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Mon 23 Feb 2015, 19:05, Reply)
This is a normal post I waited over 5 hours for this phrase.

(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Mon 23 Feb 2015, 19:21, Reply)