Why is it said that an astronaut is never truly weightless

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Q. If John Glenn weighed 640 N on the Earth's surface, i) how much would be having weighed if his Mercury spacecraft had (hypothetically) remained at twice the distance from the center of the earth? ii) Why is it said that an astronaut is never truly "weightless"?

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