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boomarangs work in space

Postby greenoaks on Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:38 am

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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Postby radiojake on Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:43 am

Because morons on the internet take stories like this and think that it's true
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Postby greenoaks on Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:52 am

could you be any more bitter that you don't know.
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Re: boomarangs work in space

Postby DaGip on Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:37 am

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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Postby Aidan Kerr on Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:52 am

dam di gip just solved it

can imagine there faces seeing it come back
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Re: boomarangs work in space

Postby Skittles! on Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:57 am

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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Postby DaGip on Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:02 am

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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Postby Snorri1234 on Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:03 am

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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Postby Skittles! on Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:08 am

I didn't know Japan even had astronauts :?
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Postby greenoaks on Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:39 pm

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Postby bedub1 on Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:20 pm

Air moving over a curved surface is a wonderful thing. I love Bernoulli’s law.
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Postby Skittles! on Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:36 pm

greenoaks wrote:Image

He looks more Korean than Japanese..
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Postby reminisco on Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:43 pm

Skittles! wrote:I didn't know Japan even had astronauts :?


i didn't even know Japan was a real country.
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Postby autoload on Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:44 pm

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.
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Re: boomarangs work in space

Postby rhoges6 on Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:58 pm

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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Postby Skittles! on Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:59 pm

"Who can throw the boomerang the furthest?"

I personally think a traditional Aboriginal would PWN all people at that competition.
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Postby rhoges6 on Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:01 pm

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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Postby rhoges6 on Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:03 pm

http://seattle2008.ifba-online.com/smf/ ... c=45&mg=53

just in case anyone else was as intrigued as i was
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Postby Skittles! on Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:07 pm

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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Postby Battle-Rage on Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:15 am

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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Postby Skittles! on Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:22 am

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.. :lol:
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Postby greenoaks on Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:40 am

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.
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