Comments on: Will a Boomerang Work in Zero Gravity? http://www.chadsnews.com/2008/01/23/will-a-boomerang-work-in-zero-gravity/ News items and other various tidbits that Chad Cloman finds interesting enough to share with his friends. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:05:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Chad Cloman http://www.chadsnews.com/2008/01/23/will-a-boomerang-work-in-zero-gravity/#comment-2801 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:45:50 +0000 http://www.chadsnews.com/2008/01/23/will-a-boomerang-work-in-zero-gravity/#comment-2801 Yeah, I was wondering about the space limitations as well. It'd be like throwing a boomerang in my living room. Yeah, I was wondering about the space limitations as well. It’d be like throwing a boomerang in my living room.

]]> by: David Bradley http://www.chadsnews.com/2008/01/23/will-a-boomerang-work-in-zero-gravity/#comment-2796 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:29:43 +0000 http://www.chadsnews.com/2008/01/23/will-a-boomerang-work-in-zero-gravity/#comment-2796 It's a nice public relations exercise rather than being a serious mechanics experiment, of course. A boomerang needs at least some downward force to act against the variable uplift from the aerofoil effect as it spins through the air. I will eat my hat (and it's a very heavy duty Thinsulate one at this time of year) if they get it to do a full circuit...how big is the ISS by the way, I didn't think there was enough room to swing a cat let alone a boomerang. db It’s a nice public relations exercise rather than being a serious mechanics experiment, of course. A boomerang needs at least some downward force to act against the variable uplift from the aerofoil effect as it spins through the air.

I will eat my hat (and it’s a very heavy duty Thinsulate one at this time of year) if they get it to do a full circuit…how big is the ISS by the way, I didn’t think there was enough room to swing a cat let alone a boomerang.

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