At the same time, I was greatly fascinated by the space environment such as
weightlessness for research pur - poses.
While rocketing 60 miles above Earth at three times the speed of sound, the lucky brothers Winklevii will glimpse a killer view of our planet while experiencing
weightlessness for a few minutes.
Not exact matches
I rested
for a few minutes, enjoying the warm water and
weightlessness.
And then the final preparations as you balance precariously, trying to get into the buoyancy control device which holds your air tank, put on your flippers, confirm who you will buddy up with
for the dive and then toppling backwards into much desired
weightlessness as you assemble to go down.
The Misguided Search
for the Political: Social
Weightlessness in Democratic Theory (Polity Press; 2014).
The zero gravity chair, the main feature, elevates your feet to level with your heart
for a feeling of
weightlessness.
And if
weightlessness is your wedding theme, why not round it out with some astronaut ice cream and a little David Bowie
for good measure.
(The acronym comes from the German
for «quantum gases under
weightlessness.»)
Once in orbit, the fully automated rig will create BECs and do other cold atom experiments, taking advantage of
weightlessness to attain record - low temperatures and break ground
for ambitious studies of quantum mechanics and gravity.
In the
weightlessness of orbit, a BEC should hover
for up to 10 seconds before lingering gas in the vacuum chamber warms it up, Sackett says, allowing time
for measurements that can't be made on Earth.
For the brave of heart, some tour operators can also arrange a spell in the centrifuge or flights which simulate
weightlessness.
One of the many important aspects of preflight training will be to make sure that passengers are fully prepared
for weightlessness, indeed, perhaps not even too excited about it.
The shuttle mission this weekend will also deploy the European Space Agency's Eureca satellite, the world's first reusable satellite
for studying the effects of microgravity (see «Making the most of
weightlessness», New Scientist, 11 July).
Packing
for Mars had moments of extreme, unbeatable fun, like the zero - gravity flight in an airplane nicknamed the «vomit comet» [which nosedives
for 20 to 25 seconds at a time to produce
weightlessness inside].
By BARBARA WOOD - KACZMARLater this month, the world's first reuseable satellite
for studying the effects of
weightlessness is due to be launched into space on the shuttle.
Later this month, the world's first reuseable satellite
for studying the effects of
weightlessness is due to be launched into space on the shuttle.
Other findings were that heart rate and the weight loss on early space flight missions related more to time spent in a space suit, as opposed to time spent in
weightlessness,» said Wotring, who also is chief scientist and deputy director of the Translational Research Institute
for Space Health.
PlanRad Live takes to the road again, this time visiting the Space Tech Expo in Long Beach, California
for a conversation with enthusiastic team members at Xcor Aerospace, where they are building the Lynx spaceplane, and the Zero Gravity Corporation, whose «G - Force One» plane has allowed thousands of men and women to experience
weightlessness.
Her father, Ashton Graybiel, was a prominent medical doctor and researcher who investigated the effects of
weightlessness and acceleration in astronauts and helped to prepare them
for space motion sickness.
What it's good
for: Jumping in the water and swimming laps will not only provide the comforting feeling of
weightlessness up to the very end of pregnancy, but it's also great
for cardio health, says Gilberg - Lenz.
For blithe head» naut Roy (Ryan Reynolds), it's an out - of - this - world goof; for introverted David (Jake Gyllenhaal) a matter of loathing the war - torn planet he's left beneath him; chief scientist Hugh (Ariyon Bakare) cherishes the way weightlessness frees him from his wheelcha
For blithe head» naut Roy (Ryan Reynolds), it's an out - of - this - world goof;
for introverted David (Jake Gyllenhaal) a matter of loathing the war - torn planet he's left beneath him; chief scientist Hugh (Ariyon Bakare) cherishes the way weightlessness frees him from his wheelcha
for introverted David (Jake Gyllenhaal) a matter of loathing the war - torn planet he's left beneath him; chief scientist Hugh (Ariyon Bakare) cherishes the way
weightlessness frees him from his wheelchair.
In
Weightlessness During Free - Fall,
for example, MIT physics professor Walter Lewin shows one principle of Newton's law of motion — in real time and slow motion — by leaping off his desk while holding a jug of water and by dropping a weight attached to a scale.
As part of a NASA program to study how bones and muscles react to long periods of
weightlessness in space, they have asked
for volunteers to stay in bed
for 70 days.
And after we returned to the savannahs and abandoned the trees, did we long
for those great graceful leaps and ecstatic moments of
weightlessness in the shafts of sunlight of the forest roof?
For the price, you'll give up a few conveniences like expansion and spinner wheels; however, the low cost and (essentially)
weightlessness of this bag makes it big winner among people looking to «travel light.»
Detached
for the PSVR will allow you to become an astronaut and explore the confines a space station, called The Zoe, all whilst giving you the experience of Zero - G and
weightlessness.
The game's motion controls enhanced this - while plenty of it was simple, with a flick being able to send Mario spinning like a corkscrew or toss items, it added to the sense of
weightlessness and immersion that the game's space setting allowed
for.
Gravity jump and height pointers (set gravity to zero
for weightlessness or set jump higher than 1.15 to get higher and powerful jumps)
I'm really interested in your use of materials, which
for me seem to play with notions of weight and
weightlessness, ephemerality and permanence.
Incorporating themes of antiquity and architecture into intricate, figurative tableaux, her work is distinctive
for its simultaneous complexity and seeming
weightlessness.
Architect Sou Fujimoto discussed his visionary design
for the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013, a delicate, cloud - like structure that experiments with immateriality and
weightlessness.
Alice Aycock (b. 1946) emerged onto the New York art scene in the 1970s and is best known
for her large - scale public sculptures that often combine an industrial appearance with references to
weightlessness as well as to science and cosmology.
IDEAS ARE EXECUTIONS will include a selection of sculptures constructed of found tabletops, shower doors, and other vestiges left
for dead, transformed and presented in confounding arrangements of
weightlessness and precarity.