Video: Space boomerang
01 May 2008
JAXA has finally gotten around to releasing video of astronaut Takao Doi’s successful space boomerang toss conducted inside the International Space Station’s Harmony Module in March. (Watch it.)
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Konichiwa!
Nice video, I wish it was a bit longer ;)
Any way all about aero-dynamics.
Take care
p.s Edo-kun hope to see more sapce and high tech news here ;)
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I pondered this for a moment and thought it should not do what it’s doing (returning)… but then I realized the boomerang does not use gravity, but aerodynamics, to turn around and it started making perfect sense. The result should be obvious - but a cool little experiment nevertheless
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This is not a boomerang being thrown in “space.”
It is a boomerang being thrown in an artificial atmosphere orbiting Earth.
There is a HUGE difference.
It is the air, contained within the capsule, that allows the aerodynamics of a boomerang to be revealed. Notice, it relies on aerodynamics … and not gravitdynamics.
If Mr. Doi would care to demonstrate how a boomerang would react when thrown in space, he should step outside.
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