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What is the basic theory?
How many G could be generated?

2007-01-30 16:32:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Physics

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There are two methods I personally know of. One is the so called "Vomit Comet" which is a boeing jet that is specifically tailored with padding inside the fuselage. The plane takes successive up and down flights to give the feeling of free fall for about 20-30 seconds. The idea behind this is that you are falling to earth at the same speed as the plane, just like sky diving. The other method is the HUGE water tank that is the most common method used to train the astronauts in activities that will be performed in space like installing new equipment during space walks. They perform this with full suits and actually submerge the machinery and mock ups into the tank and practice in a weightless environment.

2007-01-30 19:30:06 · answer #1 · answered by pezeveng3319 2 · 0 0

Parabolic curves are possibly the way in which at present accessible to simulate Micro-G environments outside of hugongous swimming pools. airplane flies in an upward arc, and on account that it apexes the curve, passengers journey weightlessness for approximately ninety seconds. (it really is how Apollo 13 grow to be filimed...) Be warned, regardless of the reality that. Parabolic curves are a cope with the devil. Upon crowning glory of the arc, gravity returns with a vengeance. Land on something, and also you're landing at 2Gs, not one.

2016-12-03 06:38:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

Did you see Apollo 13? Any container going in a parabolic trajectory (up, then down) will go through a period when the container and the contents are traveling in the same space. The effect is that the occupants will seem to be in an environment with no gravity.

2007-01-30 16:48:19 · answer #3 · answered by smartprimate 3 · 0 0

Besides the zero G conditions on the plane, the other way they train astronauts to work in space is to put them in a huge tank of water in their space suits along with mockups of what they will be working on and when they use tools, the way they float and shift is like weightlessness.
There is no other way to create low G conditions.

2007-01-30 16:53:18 · answer #4 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0 0

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