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boomarangs work in space
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:38 amby greenoaks
IN an unprecedented experiment, a Japanese astronaut has thrown a boomerang-like object in space and confirmed it flies back much like on Earth.
Astronaut Takao Doi "threw a boomerang and saw it come back" during his free time on March 18 at the International Space Station, a spokeswoman at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said.
Doi threw the boomerang after a request from compatriot Yasuhiro Togai, a world boomerang champion.
"I was very surprised and moved to see that it flew the same way it does on Earth," the Mainichi Shimbun daily quoted the 53-year-old astronaut as telling his wife in a chat from space.
The space agency said a videotape of the experiment would likely be released later.
can anyone tell me how it is possible for this to happen with no air ?
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:43 amby radiojake
Because morons on the internet take stories like this and think that it's true
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:52 amby greenoaks
could you be any more bitter that you don't know.
Re: boomarangs work in space
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:37 amby DaGip
greenoaks wrote:IN an unprecedented experiment, a Japanese astronaut has thrown a boomerang-like object in space and confirmed it flies back much like on Earth.
Astronaut Takao Doi "threw a boomerang and saw it come back" during his free time on March 18 at the International Space Station, a spokeswoman at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said.
Doi threw the boomerang after a request from compatriot Yasuhiro Togai, a world boomerang champion.
"I was very surprised and moved to see that it flew the same way it does on Earth," the Mainichi Shimbun daily quoted the 53-year-old astronaut as telling his wife in a chat from space.
The space agency said a videotape of the experiment would likely be released later.
can anyone tell me how it is possible for this to happen with no air ?
The boomerang was thrown inside the space station, where there is air for astronauts to breathe.
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:52 amby Aidan Kerr
dam di gip just solved it
can imagine there faces seeing it come back
Re: boomarangs work in space
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:57 amby Skittles!
DaGip wrote:The boomerang was thrown inside the space station, where there is air for astronauts to breathe.
Wait.. You mean astronauts BREATHE?
WHY DID I NOT KNOW THIS?
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:02 amby DaGip
I think the big surprise is that inertia was expected to just carry the boomerang ad infinitum, with no return. So there is something more going on here than what was expected.
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:03 amby Snorri1234
DaGip wrote:I think the big surprise is that inertia was expected to just carry the boomerang ad infinitum, with no return. So there is something more going on here than what was expected.
I think they guessed a boomerang returned due to gravity.
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:08 amby Skittles!
I didn't know Japan even had astronauts
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:39 pmby greenoaks
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:20 pmby bedub1
Air moving over a curved surface is a wonderful thing. I love Bernoulli’s law.
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:36 pmby Skittles!
greenoaks wrote:
He looks more Korean than Japanese..
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:43 pmby reminisco
Skittles! wrote:I didn't know Japan even had astronauts
i didn't even know Japan was a real country.
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:44 pmby autoload
reminisco wrote:Skittles! wrote:I didn't know Japan even had astronauts
i didn't even know Japan was a real country.
I didn't even know Japan was mentioned in this thread.
Re: boomarangs work in space
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:58 pmby rhoges6
greenoaks wrote:Doi threw the boomerang after a request from compatriot Yasuhiro Togai, a world boomerang champion.
seriously? there is such a thing as a boomerang champion? what's the competition? i think thats the most important question
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:59 pmby Skittles!
"Who can throw the boomerang the furthest?"
I personally think a traditional Aboriginal would PWN all people at that competition.
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:01 pmby rhoges6
Skittles! wrote:"Who can throw the boomerang the furthest?"
I personally think a traditional Aboriginal would PWN all people at that competition.
but if you threw it the furthest you would lose. the whole idea is for it to end up where it started from. and yes, aboriginals are to boomerang as kenyans are to marathons
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:03 pmby rhoges6
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:07 pmby Skittles!
rhoges6 wrote:Skittles! wrote:"Who can throw the boomerang the furthest?"
I personally think a traditional Aboriginal would PWN all people at that competition.
but if you threw it the furthest you would lose. the whole idea is for it to end up where it started from. and yes, aboriginals are to boomerang as kenyans are to marathons
Somehow.. I forgot that.
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Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:15 amby Battle-Rage
rhoges6 wrote:Skittles! wrote:"Who can throw the boomerang the furthest?"
I personally think a traditional Aboriginal would PWN all people at that competition.
but if you threw it the furthest you would lose. the whole idea is for it to end up where it started from. and yes, aboriginals are to boomerang as kenyans are to marathons
Actually the irony of these statements is that the original boomerangs were hunting tools, with one long end and one short end, and they did not return to the thrower.
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Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:22 amby Skittles!
Battle-Rage wrote:rhoges6 wrote:Skittles! wrote:"Who can throw the boomerang the furthest?"
I personally think a traditional Aboriginal would PWN all people at that competition.
but if you threw it the furthest you would lose. the whole idea is for it to end up where it started from. and yes, aboriginals are to boomerang as kenyans are to marathons
Actually the irony of these statements is that the original boomerangs were hunting tools, with one long end and one short end, and they did not return to the thrower.
Because it got stuck in the animal..
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Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:40 amby greenoaks
Skittles! wrote:"Who can throw the boomerang the furthest?"
I personally think a traditional Aboriginal would PWN all people at that competition.
the japanese are obsessed with the sport of boomerang throwing. they always seem to produce the world champ.