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   "Henry Vanderbilt"  wrote in message   
   news:439B4985.3E371C9D@mindspring.com...   
   > Paul O'Neill wrote:   
   >>   
   >> I've sent this once already, but it hasn't shown up. Sorry if it   
   >> duplicates.   
   >>   
   >> >   
   >>   
   >> We were discussing "Space Cadets" in work today, and someone asked if   
   >> they   
   >> would put the cadets into an "anti-gravity chamber". I told them there   
   >> was   
   >> no such thing, but she insisted.   
   >>   
   >> There's now money riding on this.   
   >>   
   >> I've printed off the section of the NASA website, where they say there is   
   >> no   
   >> such thing as anti-gravity chambers. Sweet. Ten quid for me.   
   >>   
   >> But the page mentions "Drop towers", and just to clarify that's not what   
   >> my   
   >> colleague was referring to, I want to know if it's possible to put a   
   >> person   
   >> into a chamber in a drop-tower, or would they be squished at the bottom?   
   >> Could she have seen footage of someone floating about in one?   
   >>   
   >> I've already discussed the vomit-comet with her, and she says that's not   
   >> what she's referring to.   
   >   
   > Sounds like she might be thinking about one of those vertical   
   > wind-tunnels skydivers use to perfect their freefall technique.   
   >   
      
   Nope, asked her about that as well.   
      
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