The document summarizes an experiment conducted by Belgian and French students to understand why astronauts have trouble standing and walking when they return to Earth. The students measured their own weight while standing and then lying down to push against a vertical scale with their legs. They found their weight was lower when lying down due to gravity pulling less on their muscles in that position. The conclusion is that in space, astronauts' muscles don't need to work as hard against gravity and become weak, so when back on Earth they have trouble standing and walking until their muscles re-adapt to Earth's stronger gravity.