Do astronauts of different masses weigh differently in an accelerating spaceship?

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Charlie G
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I was wondering whether or not astronauts who weighed differently on Earth would weigh differently on a spaceship accelerating to simulate gravity. Do the astronauts who have more mass experience a greater force in the ship like the would on Earth or does each astronaut weigh the same on the ship?
 
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Hi Charlie,
Uniform acceleration is just like gravity. F=Ma = Mg = W.
So when they are accelerated at the same rate, they feel a different force just like within gravity.
 
Lol I can't believe I overlooked something so simple, it wasn't even that long ago that in science we went over that very same equation.