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Re: The Olympics



PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu writes:
It seems to ME that a stranded, motionless astronaut should be able
to do an 'about-face' maneuver in empty space, ending up motionless,
but facing 180 degrees from the original direction. (without
violating any basic principles!)

There is wonderful footage of this in a laser disk I have called "Skylab
Physics" (Ztek)
It shows an astronaut doing calisthenics where his cm remains at rest and
he can do many rotations.

There are many other interesting sequences there as well.

Ken Fox
AP/IB Physics Teacher
Smoky Hill High School
Aurora, CO