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You don't "change" it. Mass is mass, and weight is weight.

Mass HAS weight. How much weight it has depends on the gravity field it happens to be in.

On the surface of the earth, 1 kilogram of mass weighs about 9.8 newtons (2.2 pounds). On the moon or
on another planet, the same kilogram can weigh more, less, or the same. In an orbiting satellite, or in a
spacecraft on its way to the moon or another planet, the same kilogram weighs zero, and it floats around.

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