Re: Spacemen Lost Weight On Candy Diet
From: Hagrinas Mivali (remove.to.reply_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: 01/08/05
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Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:16:19 -0800
"Cubit" <no@not.not> wrote in message
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> How would they measure their weight? Did NASA make some kind of
> acceleration device? I'm imagining a tether tied to the astronaut, and
> pulled by a winch from about 10 feet away. As the astronaut accelerates
> into the wall, the device measures their weight. It could be done, but it
> seems more likely your subject headline is bunk.
They don't need to weigh themselves. They just need to estimate. An easy
way is to see if their clothing got loose, and how much they had to tighten
their belts. It's safe to assume that they did not grow appreciably taller.
I don't need a scale to know if I lost weight.
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