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Fred2718 t1_ja9dl7c wrote on February 27, 2023 at 8:25 PM

Reply to comment by PralineCrunch in ELI5 how pounds can be converted to kg by cheeseunused

That is exactly how "space scales" work. Astronauts get wobbled back and forth by the scale, which compares the force to the movement, and computes the mass.