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Started by tastyrerun · 8 months ago

Boomerang returns, even in space - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):  I just want to know how this is possible…
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  • ABC AU didn't report the full story. He was inside the ISS when he threw the paper boomerang, so there was still air resistance.

    http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/boomeran...

    If he'd thrown it inside a vacuum, it wouldn't have worked. (AFAIK--and I am no expert--space isn't a "true" vacuum, but it's probably close enough the experiment wouldn't have worked if performed outside.)

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