zero-g cat
by John at 10/24/2004 03:34:00 PM
Found on BoingBoing, the US Air Force has a movie of a cat (1.9Mb) being thrown around on a "Vomit Comet," a jet airplane that is used as a zero-G trainer. The jet flies a roughly parabolic flight path, creating a bit less than half-a-minute of zero-G at the top of the curve.
Near the end of the movie, watch for the cat spinning more and more rapidly as it tries to orient its feet with the floor, or something. Oh yeah, this is science.
Update: the Air Force has taken down the cat video. A mirror is up here.
Near the end of the movie, watch for the cat spinning more and more rapidly as it tries to orient its feet with the floor, or something. Oh yeah, this is science.
Update: the Air Force has taken down the cat video. A mirror is up here.
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