Do boomerangs come back in space? That was a question that Japanese astronaut Takao Doi was trying to discover when he conducted the first ever boomerang throw in space.
Many people believed that gravity was necessary for the boomerang to return to the thrower. In which case, the thrown boomerang would not come back to be caught. But Takao Doi answered that question when he threw the specialy made paper boomerang and had it come back to him. So now we know. LOL
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I am sure if you threw a boomerang in “pure” space
(without the artificial air of a space station)
the boomerang would never return…!
So the answer to your headline could also be a very accurate “no”!
Yeah, I have to agree with Alexander. If you threw a boomerang in the true vacuum of space, it’d go in a straight line because there is no air… therefore no lift.
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