Essential Cosmic Perspective
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Decide whether the statement makes sense (or is clearly true) or does not make sense (or is clearly false). Explain clearly: not all of these have definitive answers, so your explanation is more important than your chosen answer.
15. I’ve never been to space, so I’ve never experienced weightlessness.
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