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Is it possible to achieve weightlessness by putting the moon extremly near to the earth? Could we fly around for a few seconds if the moon was on collision course with the earth?
The moon's gravitational pull is much weaker so no.
If they were almost touching, you'd weight about 5/6 of what you weight now, because the moon gravity is 1/6 of earths at its surface.