I never would have thought there was enough room in the space station to throw a boomerang...

...hmmm boomerang causes lift while flying to negate gravity...

gravity gone... lift still there

im thinking itll at least be cool to watch...
he should video it and put it on you tube lol space station you tubing awesome...

Didn't someone post a story about them trying a paper aeroplane a few days back?

...has anyone ever thrown a paper boomerang before? It sounds a little flimsy.

In other news, the astronauts are also planning to see whether or not ants can be trained to sort tiny screws in space.

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I'm pretty sure boomerang action is due to offset rotational inertia, although the "return" effect might be due to gravity.

This problem could probably be solved through physics analysis, rather than an expensive spaceflight.... but whatever.

If you aren't sure what rotational inertia is, it's what lets this bike wheel spin vertically with no apparent support. Highly counterintuitive effect

In other, other news. The pope plans to poop later. Alliteration? I think so.

Maybe a very tiny boomerang...

Yep I did. 1 inch long. you have to put it on a match box and "kick it" with your finger.

Couldn't this be figured out on a chalkboard without endangering billions of dollars worth of equipment that took millions of gallons of combustible fuel to put in orbit?

He also shows how to make a jet engine from a piece of paper, scissors and a lighter:

shoot it out of a boomerang launcher

i can see it now. this is going to end very, very badly.

Hmm...That got me thinking, what if he does one outside of the space station, like whoever lands on the moon? No air resistance, so that wouldn't matter...Wow, that would be so cool to watch, a flimsy boomerang doing who knows what.

attach a boomerang cam and throw it off into space imo

they aren't flying in space just to test this.

They will be space anyhow and thought why they was up there they can do a fun experiment.