Boomerang Does work in space

short clip proving that boomerang's dont need gravity

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Science & Technology

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• Space
• iss
• space
• station
• international
• boomerang
• fun

[PuttahBoy]

@yanny77 Gas is dispelled out the back. Newton's 3rd law, and conservation of momentum.

[PuttahBoy]

@yumyum999zz Friction from the air would cause the boomerang to slow down considerably, by which point it won't be moving fast enough to twist in the air due to its aerodynamic properties.

[joeytwomugs]

Of course it doesn't, it simply needs the correct aerodynamics to return and as they guy in the clip isn't wearing a spacesuit I assume the atmosphere there is normal (if weightless). It will also naturally come to a stop if it is within the normal breatheable atmosphere because it will still suffer from surface friction, but outside where there is no atmosphere it will not stop or return.

[yumyum999zz]

On earth, when you throw a boomerang properly, it returns. If you don’t catch it, it eventually falls to the ground. What would be interesting is to see how long the boomerang would follow its flight path if the astronaut did not catch it.

[Doctor699]

lol makes me proud to be Australian if those things don't even need gravity!

[sutasman]

what creativecowboy77 said...nothing amazing there...

[yanny77]

@cryps1 How do spaceships fly in space then?

[BNyc3AtBall]

Airfoils need air to push off of.. If he threw it outside the spaceship it would fly and he would never see it again. NO AIR IN SPACE.

[cryps1]

I dont think the boomerang would have worked with no air at all, it needs something tot "Push off" on

[creativecowboy77]

of course it works in this video a boomerang works because of air and in thiis video there is air in the cabin of this video or the person thowing it would not be able to breath without a mask or suit. this would only be amazing if it was outside the shuttle on a space walk or there was no air present and it still flew.