You know somebody had to pitch that idea. In the early days of space flight. Somebody had to submit the proposal at the Goddard Space Flight Center or the Jet Propulsion Laboratory or wherever . "You know how when you drop a cat, it always lands on its feet? My proposal is that we take a bunch of cats into zero-gravity and drop them and see what happens." And you know there was a board made up of three scientists and six administrators, all men, who said "Hoo hoo. Let's do it!"
"Next let's do toast. Does it always fall butter-side down in zero G? Hoo hoo."
I'm pretty sure I saw, just within the last couple days, video of people tossing some poor cat at the walls inside one of those vomit comet airplanes to see if it could still land on its feet when there was no "down" and the ground was sideways. posted by Naberius at 8:11 PM on April 17, 2012
I would watch Cats in the Age of Enlightenment (one of the axed concepts). posted by angrycat at 8:12 PM on April 17, 2012 [2 favorites]
Oh for the love of...
Or I could have just watched Tell Me No Lies' link, which you were referring to.
God, we need a delete button. posted by Naberius at 8:12 PM on April 17, 2012
Was one of those end credit stills from the "Kitty on The Edge of Forever" episode? posted by KingEdRa at 8:32 PM on April 17, 2012 [5 favorites]
Those nine lives help. The red shirts got through an entire episode. posted by Kronos_to_Earth at 8:54 PM on April 17, 2012 [2 favorites]
I'm pretty sure I saw, just within the last couple days, video of people tossing some poor cat at the walls inside one of those vomit comet airplanes to see if it could still land on its feet when there was no "down" and the ground was sideways.
Yeah, that would be this video. I think they're trying to see if the cat can sink its claws into the cloth padding and grip it, he pushes the cat towards the pads feet first. It's actually kind of amazing. The second time around, the cat gets snagged on a wire or a rope or something, and it spins around trying to right itself and it gets totally wrapped around him.
I think they're trying to see if the cat can sink its claws into the cloth padding and grip it
It's not a question of where he grips it. It's a simple question of weight(less) ratios! posted by xedrik at 9:36 PM on April 17, 2012 [1 favorite]
Firstly - those are pretty impressive production values.
Secondly - Get The Mouse Ship!!! posted by helmutdog at 9:57 PM on April 17, 2012
The production value & acting on this is better than some films I've watched this past year. posted by Fizz at 6:18 AM on April 18, 2012 [1 favorite]
This is impossible. Noise doesn't travel in the vacuum of space.
It figures cats would develop space travel, though. Knowing how mine feel about vacuums, they would need a safe and comfortable way to get from planet to planet. posted by Infinity_8 at 7:22 AM on April 18, 2012
This is impossible. Noise doesn't travel in the vacuum of space.
I vas making a leetle joke, sir. posted by Gator at 7:54 AM on April 18, 2012
Many are made, few are funny. posted by y2karl at 8:22 AM on April 18, 2012
posted by Trurl at 7:03 PM on April 17, 2012 [4 favorites]