• HuntressHimbo@lemm.ee
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        2 years ago

        If I remember right that is the slang term for a device used to simulated high force situations astronauts are expected to experience. So named for the frequent effect

          • Fuck u/spez@sh.itjust.works
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            2 years ago

            It’s so much more interesting than the parent comment makes it out to be, though. In case you didn’t already read anything about it, it’s an ordinary (on the outside) jet that flies in parabolic arcs which at a certain point lets the passengers experience microgravity and float around the modified cabin for a minute or so at a time. Anyone can go for a ride last I checked… if you have several thousand dollars laying around, anyway.

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      2 years ago

      So in theory if you built a vacuum tube from the earths surface to “space” and sealed it at both ends you could have a frictionless elevator