h a l f b a k e r yYeah, I wish it made more sense too.
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Strap into the harness, calibrate the
counterbalance--and it's like jumping on
the
moon.
The harness is attached to a cable, which
threads through a pulley on a pole way
over
your head. The cable is attached to a
counterweight you can set to make
yourself
as light as a mosquito on
Mercury. So
when you
jump, you soar.
The Virtual Trampoline is educational,
too--
but who cares? It's fun.
(And thank you folks for the science
lesson. My junebug has flown Jupiter.)
Virtual Moonwalk
http://www.yaox.com...cts/e-moonwalk.html
Harness and pulley like you describe, but comes complete with VR. [DrCurry, Apr 10 2006]
Moonwalk Simulator
http://www.odysseyt...A8A0F485EA31C599DFA
No, wait, this is for a junebug. [DrCurry, Apr 10 2006]
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Don't they have these already to simulate moonwalks and deep sea diving? |
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Btw, a junebug on Jupiter would probably weigh more than you do on Earth... |
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Not really [DrCurry]. The gravity of Jupiter is about 2.5 that of Earth (it is mostly gases in there) even if its mass is 317.9 that of Earth. An adult June Bug would not weigh more than 20 g? I am not a Coleoptera expert (or even knowledgable) but these things can't be more than, what, 5-6 cm long? |
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And you are right, the concept is baked. |
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