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Japanese astronaut to throw boomerang in space Posted: 10 months ago by AutumnLotus
A Japanese astronaut plans to throw a boomerang inside a space station to test whether it can fly in zero gravity.
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A boomerang will return even in space Posted: 8 months ago by 2manyusernames
Remember Takao Doi? He is the Japanese astronaut who announced he would throw a boomerang in space. Turns out a boomerang's flight is much the same in zero-gravity as it is here on Earth.
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Space boomerang video released Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
Remember the astronaut who recently tested whether boomerangs return to their throwers in the absence of gravity? Well, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has released video of astronaut Takao Doi showing that the objects do, in fact, come back - even in the microgravity environment of the space station.
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Chewing Gum Boomerang Posted: 1 year ago by sbalaciu
This girl has some amazing skills
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Boomerang comes back - 25 years later Posted: 10 months ago by AutumnLotus
An outback Queensland town has discovered boomerangs really do come back after an artefact stolen from a museum 25 years ago was finally returned by a guilt-ridden US tourist.
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Science of Boomerangs: How to Make & Throw the Aussie Magic Posted: 1 year ago by misswinkle
Throwing a boomerang is part science, part magic. Just ask members of the U.S. Boomerang Team.
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New underwear being tested at the space station designed to resist germs, static, Klingons. Posted: 9 months ago by Mitzuzake
Takao Doi, the Japanese astronaut who'll be testing whether a boomerang will fly in space , now has something else to live down: he'll be the living test-bed for a new underwear fabric said to provide "high levels of deodorant, antiseptic and antistatic effect" in space.
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The Smart Way Out of a Foolish War Posted: 7 months ago by DerAlt
In brief, the war has become a national tragedy, an economic catastrophe, a regional disaster and a global boomerang for the United States. Ending it is thus in the highest national interest.
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