I believe it would be false because in outer space, everything is weightless due to the weak gravitational force which makes things float in the air. Weightless means no weight to it and if we’re accelerating down that means the gravitational is working but in this case it would probably be false
1. When the object is waiting to be released, it is storing a lot of potential energy. When it is released, the potential energy that was once stored is converted into kinetic energy.