Saturday, November 22, 2014

NASA taught astronauts about zero gravity using cats

http://ift.tt/1up4D27 // Space-cats

It is a well-known phenomenon that a cat falling upside down has the ability to turn its body mid-air so that it lands on its feet. Nobody had attempted to analyze the the "falling cat" movement mathematically until 1969, when T.R. Kane and M.P. Scher of Stanford, California created a model cat and conducted a study that was funded by NASA to help astronauts orient their bodies in zero gravity. Read more...


More about Space, Nasa, Photography, Features, and History



from MashableThe Retronaut
Share this post
  • Share to Facebook
  • Share to Twitter
  • Share to Google+
  • Share to Stumble Upon
  • Share to Evernote
  • Share to Blogger
  • Share to Email
  • Share to Yahoo Messenger
  • More...

1 comments:

  1. so nice information. actually many days i was waiting for this type information. i must share this in my friends. zero gravity google page

    ReplyDelete