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NASA Still Trying to Verify Anti-Gravity Claims
uncoda writes "The L.A. Times has an article about NASA research into a phenomenon in which the effect of gravity is supposedly reduced. It sounds like cold fusion or polywater to me, but who knows?" We've posted two previous stories about Podkletnov's research: one from a couple of years ago and another more recently.
i swear to god that cat's must have these things in them.
which brings up a point in itself, the age old open-faced peanut butter sandwhich on the back of a cat argument.
Cogito Eggo Sum, I think therefore I'm a waffle
Would your lunch be 2% of your weight?
There will be a whole new rush of 'effortless weight loss' products on the market. (Not mass loss.)
will finally get their flying car, perhaps from the german scientist? http://www.viewaskew.com/tv/leno/flyingcar.html
internet like monkeys'
I know this may be a tad offtopic (PLEASE DO NOT MODERATE AT ALL), but there is an interesting funny "flying car" video here. It is written by Kevin Smith (Mallrats, Clerks, etc.) and it features the guys from Clerks.
The article states "The Podkletnov effect suggests it may be possible to effectively reduce the mass of the ship, thereby reducing the overall energy needed for acceleration."
Now as every semi-educated idiot knows, Mass and Weight are two different measures. Mass is an immutable constant, while weight is strictly based on the strength of the gravational field.
In other words wieght can vary, but mass will never.
I did a Google search on this "paranoid" scientist and I couldn't find anything negative.
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I sig, therefore I was.
Yes, in space your weight will be reduced by 2% by this device. Since you "weigh" zero, and 2% of zero is also zero, it won't seem like much...
"Your superior intellect is no match for our puny weapons!"
Just an observation.
Beer, now there's a temporary solution -- Homer Jay S.
I love how the web has made every Kook with a website an "Editor"
As opposed to the printing press?
(totally off topic - but all the web has done has made it even easier to be a kook)
Bron (Scientific Advisor: Slashdot.org, On The Web, In Crayon)
My setup is by far much simpler. A desk fan rotating at about 1000 RPM blowing air upwards at room temperature. A polystyrene ball of diameter aproximately 2 cm placed over it will lose weight by at least 50 %. And guess what, it costs about 0% of $600K to setup but it actually works. And you don't need very precise conditions.
Where is my Nobel prize!
--Real inovations in science make things easier to understand not more complicated
I'm going to follow this insight of yours and derive a new branch of crackpottery based on rotating squares.
Color flashing, thunder crashing, dynamite machines.
The food in Finland is an excellent way to lose mass! I lost a great deal of weight from being immersed in a repulsive Finnish Electro-herring Field for two weeks. I was then subjected to a four hour experiment involving approximately 1.5 liters of vodka and a sauna. I spun around, vomited profusely and eventually lost more than 2% of my body mass! Finland rocks!
Actually my wife found a handy little dial on the bottom of her scale that lets her reduce the apparent mass at will. It's especially effective after parties the night before.
shouldn't this belong in the "outrageous vendor lies" thread.
still, i won't have to worry about my diet...
That man tried to kill mah Daddy
I'm not sure what this anti-gravity thing has to do with having hot chicks in space.
I invented an antigravity machine, but it floated away.
So can a bow-flex! Heh =)
"Derp de derp."