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Takao Doi is to test if a Boomerang to see whether or not it returns without gravity. I suspect it has more to do with aerodynamcs than gravity.<br /><br /> New.com.au <br /><br />A JAPANESE astronaut plans to throw a boomerang inside a space station to test how it can fly in zero gravity.<br /><br />Astronaut Takao Doi, 53, is set to travel on a US shuttle in March to the International Space Station, where he will be in charge of construction of a Japanese scientific testing room.<br /><br />It is believed gravity is needed for a boomerang to fly back to the throwing spot, but no one has tried in zero gravity.<br /><br />"Mr Doi said he will personally carry a paper boomerang for the upcoming mission and we presume he will try it when he has spare time,'' said an official of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------- </p><p>Wanna see this site looking like the old SDC uplink?</p><p>Go here to see how: <strong>SDC Eye saver </strong> </p> </div>