Comments on: Japan’s Contribution to Space Science: Boomerang Does Return When Thrown in Zero Gravity! http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/25/japans-contribution-to-space-science-boomerang-does-return-when-thrown-in-zero-gravity/ The Neat Side of the Web Sat, 17 May 2008 06:32:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Aramax http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/25/japans-contribution-to-space-science-boomerang-does-return-when-thrown-in-zero-gravity/#comment-490079 Aramax Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:09:31 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/25/japans-contribution-to-space-science-boomerang-does-return-when-thrown-in-zero-gravity/#comment-490079 WOOOot? I can't wait to try this when I go up into space. =D WOOOot?

I can’t wait to try this when I go up into space.

=D

]]> By: Knife Knut http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/25/japans-contribution-to-space-science-boomerang-does-return-when-thrown-in-zero-gravity/#comment-489847 Knife Knut Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:48:47 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/25/japans-contribution-to-space-science-boomerang-does-return-when-thrown-in-zero-gravity/#comment-489847 He used a miniature boomerang inside the space station which is pressurized with air. He used a miniature boomerang inside the space station which is pressurized with air.

]]> By: oakling http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/25/japans-contribution-to-space-science-boomerang-does-return-when-thrown-in-zero-gravity/#comment-489667 oakling Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:13:06 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/25/japans-contribution-to-space-science-boomerang-does-return-when-thrown-in-zero-gravity/#comment-489667 yeah! do your research, astronaut guy! yeah! do your research, astronaut guy!

]]> By: VonSkippy http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/25/japans-contribution-to-space-science-boomerang-does-return-when-thrown-in-zero-gravity/#comment-489493 VonSkippy Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:01:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/25/japans-contribution-to-space-science-boomerang-does-return-when-thrown-in-zero-gravity/#comment-489493 Well at least he didn't kill anything with THAT experiment (for scientific purposes of course). Well at least he didn’t kill anything with THAT experiment (for scientific purposes of course).

]]> By: DexterSmurdley http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/25/japans-contribution-to-space-science-boomerang-does-return-when-thrown-in-zero-gravity/#comment-489478 DexterSmurdley Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:40:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/25/japans-contribution-to-space-science-boomerang-does-return-when-thrown-in-zero-gravity/#comment-489478 This is actually the third time a boomerang has been thrown in space. A boomerang was thrown in microgravity in an atmosphere aboard Spacelab (1992 by German astronaut Ulf Meerbold), aboard Mir (1997 by the French Astronaut Jean-François Clervoy) and now the International Space Station (2008 by Japanese astronaut Takao Doi). Info from boom saint Ted Bailey. This is actually the third time a boomerang has been thrown in space. A boomerang was thrown in microgravity in an atmosphere aboard Spacelab (1992 by German astronaut Ulf Meerbold), aboard Mir (1997 by the French Astronaut Jean-François Clervoy) and now the International Space Station (2008 by Japanese astronaut Takao Doi). Info from boom saint Ted Bailey.

]]> By: SkipFrehly http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/25/japans-contribution-to-space-science-boomerang-does-return-when-thrown-in-zero-gravity/#comment-489308 SkipFrehly Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:38:44 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/25/japans-contribution-to-space-science-boomerang-does-return-when-thrown-in-zero-gravity/#comment-489308 It's not so much an air molecule that a boomerang needs, but any kind of friction. If you had a good enough arm, a boomerarng would work underwater, underground, or in the atmosphere of any gas giant. It’s not so much an air molecule that a boomerang needs, but any kind of friction. If you had a good enough arm, a boomerarng would work underwater, underground, or in the atmosphere of any gas giant.

]]> By: K!P http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/25/japans-contribution-to-space-science-boomerang-does-return-when-thrown-in-zero-gravity/#comment-489282 K!P Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:48:34 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/25/japans-contribution-to-space-science-boomerang-does-return-when-thrown-in-zero-gravity/#comment-489282 is there enough room to trow one in the ISS? i always need a big field.. is there enough room to trow one in the ISS? i always need a big field..

]]> By: Nostra http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/25/japans-contribution-to-space-science-boomerang-does-return-when-thrown-in-zero-gravity/#comment-489179 Nostra Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:50:34 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/25/japans-contribution-to-space-science-boomerang-does-return-when-thrown-in-zero-gravity/#comment-489179 Well it wouldn't work in the vacuum of space because there is not any air molecule resistance to work with.. I believe that is the reason why boomerangs work - I may be entirely wrong, and they may depend solely on centripetal force... Well it wouldn’t work in the vacuum of space because there is not any air molecule resistance to work with.. I believe that is the reason why boomerangs work - I may be entirely wrong, and they may depend solely on centripetal force…

]]> By: MrPumpernickel http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/25/japans-contribution-to-space-science-boomerang-does-return-when-thrown-in-zero-gravity/#comment-489131 MrPumpernickel Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:20:49 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/25/japans-contribution-to-space-science-boomerang-does-return-when-thrown-in-zero-gravity/#comment-489131 Yes...but how about in the vacuum of space? Yes…but how about in the vacuum of space?

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