Re:The hammer-feather drop in the world’s biggest vacuum cha...
by aylons on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @10:21AM
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I agree you're being a bit cynical.
They are used to the chamber and with experiments in the chamber, but this simple experiment with a feather and a iron ball is very different from what they usually see.
They probably usually see only heavy objects and mechanisms for space projects being tested there. Such a graphic and basic experiment must be well outside the norm.
They are used to the chamber and with experiments in the chamber, but this simple experiment with a feather and a iron ball is very different from what they usually see.
They probably usually see only heavy objects and mechanisms for space projects being tested there. Such a graphic and basic experiment must be well outside the norm.