Boomerang In Zero Gravity (International Space Station) video

Japanese astronaut Takao Doi, on board of the International Space Station, has proved that a boomerang returns to the person throwing it even in the zero-gravity conditions.
The idea came to him by request from his friend Yashuhiro Togai, a world boomerang champion. The result is exactly what the science behind boomerangs predicts.

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2 comments ↓

#1 Ian on 05.06.08 at 1:52 pm

Now lets see it do that outside in the vacuum.

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