That weight machine has to be expensive, it costs $60,000 to lift 1 kg into space using the space shuttle. I don't know how much the weight machine weighs, but If the machine weighs 10 kg, that would be $600,000 in transport costs alone!![]()
Its not a weight machine though. That would be pointless
A resistance machine is probably the right word. I guess it just needs to be strong, not heavy
CSA Astronaut Chris Hadfield shows how astronauts sleep in space. It sure seems a bit weird.
Suni Williams gives a tour of the ISS.
So cool...I don't want to be in space but I do want to float!
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It'd make the drudgery of normal life that much easier. Just being able to whoosh around, float along your house, oh god you could use every wall/floor/ceiling to store stuff because being upright wouldn't matter. That would solve ALL my storage problems XD
Can we start a petition to make the earth zero g please? Why haven't they done this yet? This is the future, dammit!
Suni Williams gives a tour of the ISS.
you cant unless you want the atmosphere to be lost and earth to become uninhabitable. If it was zero g it would also end up being pulled into the sun wouldn't it since there would be nothing balancing the sun's gravity to earth? (assuming i've understood correctly) Sorry![]()
Spoilsport.
you can try out zero g by travelling on a plane, but its expensiveI should warn you, this type of trip is also called a vomit comet
Is that actually zero G though? It just simulates it doesn't it?
You are falling and so is the plane.
Suni Williams gives a tour of the ISS.
The dirty fucker, glad I'm not sharing an air purifier with him.aye, fancy wearing socks in bed
That's what zero-G is. The ISS is falling towards the earth all the time, it's just that it's going sideways so fast that it keeps on missing.Is that actually zero G though? It just simulates it doesn't it?
You are falling and so is the plane.
No, because it's effectively weightless once it gets up there. In theory they could probably do the lot by being a bit inventive with elasticated bands, but presumably it was decided that the long term benefits of shipping something stronger up there once outweighed the benefit of sending everyone up with some resistance bands and a long instruction manual.But a strong machine would also be heavy?You are correct, its a resistance machine.
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aye, fancy wearing socks in bed
Might be a circulation thing. When I was in hospital I had to wear some really gruesome plastic sock thingys. They honked, badly, but there was a good reason for wearing them as far as I remember.
Not sure I would like it on the space station, some bits are very cramped, I might become claustrophobic. Amazing video though. The Soyuz looks the most cramped of all.