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A "vomit comet" is an aeroplane that briefly achieves zero G, allowing people and prospective astronauts to experience weightlessness.
In general, 65 seconds of flight will achieve 25 seconds of weightlessness.
Weightlessness produces nausea and sickness (vomit) in two out of three people and thus the aeroplane earns it's nickname.
Zero Gravity Corporation in the US, will allow you - for a fee (Probably including a cleaning change) - to experience this.
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Why is it important to train in the vomit comet before going into space?
because if you don't go to the vomit comit you will not know how to control your spaceship or your astraunatic devices and you have to know how to call or orbit another object because if anything goes wrong you need to contact another device to come help you
Why is the Vomit Comet important to the training of astronauts?
Here on Earth, we live in a gravity field that is one G, or "earth-normal gravity". We evolved here, and we expect this. In free-fall, there is no apparent gravity, no feeling of weight. (Gravity still affects everything, but if you aren't resisting gravity, you don't FEEL gravity.) Some people are prone to drop-sickness, and are prone to lose their lunches in free-fall. The parabolic flight path of the "Vomit comet" gives you a couple of minutes of free-fall, so that you can get used to the feeling.
Comet which seen in every 73 years?
That is Halley's comet, named after English astronomer Edmond Halley,
What comet is associated with the Orionids meteor shower?
Halley's Comet
What was the comet called that Maria Mitchell discovered?
It was called Miss Mitchell's Comet and is also known as Comet 1847 VI.
Why it is important for astronauts to train in the Vomit Comet before going into space?
It is important cause they will vomit
What rhymes with grommet?
Some words that rhyme with "grommet" include "comet," "vomit," and "bonnet."
What is the nickname for the Zero G flight?
it is called vomit comet.
What rhymes with something that zooms through space and alcohol makes you do it?
comet-vomit
How do astronauts train for zero-gravity?
Using the Vomit Comet to experience moments of temporary weightlessness.
Can or has anyone came up with the technology of weightlessness on Earth?
Flying in a parabolic arc is the best we can do presently. Astronauts have to take such training aboard the "Vomit Comet"
Why is it important to train in the vomit comet before going into space?
because if you don't go to the vomit comit you will not know how to control your spaceship or your astraunatic devices and you have to know how to call or orbit another object because if anything goes wrong you need to contact another device to come help you
What rhymes with vomit?
auditing, bottling, marketing, promising, modeling, targeting, blossoming, carpeting, jostling, profiting, quarreling, toppling, hardening, harvesting, gardening, darkening, sharpening, harnessing, heartening, marshalling, pardoning, squabbling, remodeling, conferencing, disheartening, telemarketing.
Why should astronauts train in the vomit comet?
The Modified B-707 (or K/C-135) used for low gravity training, (astronauts, etc.). It flew a paraboloic curve that simulated weightlessness.
What is a ball of ice dust and gasses that travels through space and orbits the sun?
a comet/meteorite
Is Halley's comet a planet or a comet?
It is a comet.
What names are given to different comets?
Comets are named after the people who have discovered it or by the shape or after break away from a parent comet. eg: Halley's comet Tempel-Tuffle comet Biela's comet Encke's comet Ikeya Seki comet kooutek comet comet west comet Bowell comet IRAS -Araki-Alcock Comet Austin.
