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Title: Lose Weight, not Mass!!
Post by: CyranoAH on July 22, 2001, 04:37:00 PM

Hi there,

I've been away from AH for two weeks, but for a very good reason, to experience weightlessness!   :)

I'm part of a team who was chosen to fly in the last Parabolic Flight Campaign of the European Space Agency, I just returned home from Bordeaux, France, where the plane we used, the Airbus 300 "Zero-G", is parked.

I'll send some pics and avis if you are interested, but let me tell you, it's something totally incredible... can't compare it to anything I've experienced before.

It's a bizarre mixture of euphoria, invulnerability, not knowing where your feet are, and wanting to stay that way forever   :)

Here's a link to some realmedia footage where I'm in (the guy doing some loops to the end of the video)

 http://www.terra.es/ciencia/articulo/html/cie5259.htm (http://www.terra.es/ciencia/articulo/html/cie5259.htm)

Now I'm thinking on how to get on the program again... 36 parabolas are not enough, damn it!   :)

 (http://casal.upc.es/~danig27/equipo2.jpg)
I'm the third one from the left.

Daniel, aka Cyrano

[ 07-22-2001: Message edited by: CyranoAH ]

Title: Lose Weight, not Mass!!
Post by: StSanta on July 23, 2001, 06:10:00 AM

I'm so jealous it's sickening.

WTG dude  :D

Title: Lose Weight, not Mass!!
Post by: Maniac on July 23, 2001, 06:19:00 AM

That girl to the right looks good  :)

Very cool stuff cyrano!

Title: Lose Weight, not Mass!!
Post by: CyranoAH on July 23, 2001, 08:39:00 AM

Her name is Gloria, now studying her PhD in Physics (Gravitational waves), and we have been together for 5 and a half years now, thanks for asking  ;)  :D

I'll post some pics soon!

Daniel, aka Cyrano

Title: Lose Weight, not Mass!!
Post by: Animal on July 23, 2001, 09:30:00 AM

Maniac beat me to it, Cyrano.

Tu novia esta bien buena  :)
Peliroja??

Title: Lose Weight, not Mass!!
Post by: R4M on July 23, 2001, 10:21:00 AM

I dont think there is a single forum I read where he hasnt posted it....

I'm not jealous. REally I'm not...I'm simply tired of reading the same everywhere...yeah thats it. Nothing to do with being jeallous, just too repetitive.

I promise.Not jealous. Yah. Thats it.


mamonsuertudojodiooooo  :D

 ;)

Title: Lose Weight, not Mass!!
Post by: CyranoAH on July 23, 2001, 11:06:00 AM

Animal: No, no es pelirroja, tiene el pelo castaño con reflejos caoba. Y si, opino exactamente lo mismo que tú   :D

RAM: I posted it 3 times, one in TK, one in the private squad forum (101 ECV) and one here, that's not too much!   :)
I'm just ecstatic about what I just experienced not to share it with everyone!   :)

Oh, and BTW, you are studying physics, aren't you? Then get 3 more people and design an experiment with chances of being selected! What are you waiting for?

If you need help, just ask.

Now, 2 pics of Gloria, that's what you all wanted, after all   :D
  (http://casal.upc.es/~danig27/gloriaresid.jpg)  
 (http://casal.upc.es/~danig27/gloriaairbus.jpg)
Daniel, aka Cyrano

[ 07-23-2001: Message edited by: CyranoAH ]

Title: Lose Weight, not Mass!!
Post by: R4M on July 23, 2001, 11:09:00 AM

Quote

Originally posted by CyranoAH:
Animal: No, no es pelirroja, tiene el pelo castaño con reflejos caoba. Y si, opino exactamente lo mismo que tú   :D

RAM: I posted it 3 times, one in TK, one in the private squad forum (101 ECV) and one here, that's not too much!   :)
I'm just ecstatic about what I just experienced not to share it with everyone!   :)

Oh, and BTW, you are studying physics, aren't you? Then get 3 more people and design an experiment with chances of being selected! What are you waiting for?

If you need help, just ask.

Huhm?...yo hablaba de tu novia no del experimento1!!!!!!!!!

 :D

no, en serio, para preparar un proyecto en condiciones hace falta tiempo y de momento bastante liao ando...eso sin contar que a la minima que pueda dejo la carrera pa meterme a controlador  ;)

eso no quita pa q te siga odiando  ;).

Title: Lose Weight, not Mass!!
Post by: Animal on July 23, 2001, 11:23:00 AM

Los latinos siempre tenemos las mejores mujeres   :D

Si, confirmado: tu novia esta muy buena. Deberias presentarsela a RAM cuando lo veas, para que se muera de la envidia   ;)

Title: Lose Weight, not Mass!!
Post by: CyranoAH on July 23, 2001, 12:31:00 PM

On a more serious note, let me share a couple of images from our experiment, called "Firefighters".

With this experiment, we tried to prove that the current products used in zero-g fire suppression are not 100% effective.

The results clearly indicated that.

  (http://casal.upc.es/~danig27/jvn03.jpg)  
Water or water with soap (currently used by the russians) was not effective at all. This picture shows a flame hit by 5 cl of water. The flame kept on burning.

  (http://casal.upc.es/~danig27/jvn05.jpg)  
Sometimes the water just splitted the flame in two, returning to its normal state after the water had passed through.

We'll keep on looking for a better way to extinguish fire in zero-g. We are currently researching several resines from ignifuge plants so that we can find a product that sticks to the fire source, thus suppressing it.

Daniel, aka Cyrano

[ 07-23-2001: Message edited by: CyranoAH ]

Title: Lose Weight, not Mass!!
Post by: CyranoAH on July 25, 2001, 09:53:00 AM

Finally got a decent picture...

ALL YOUR GRAVITY ARE BELONG TO US!

 :D  :D  :D
 (http://casal.upc.es/~danig27/danigflot.jpg)
A typical zero-g monkey...

Daniel, aka Cyrano

Title: Lose Weight, not Mass!!
Post by: Saintaw on July 26, 2001, 09:22:00 AM

Quote

Now, 2 pics of Gloria, that's what you all wanted, after all

Well...you CAN do better than that can't you ?  :D

... let's give SOB an incentive to post HIS pics...  ;)

Title: Lose Weight, not Mass!!
Post by: Tuomio on July 26, 2001, 07:19:00 PM

Hmmmmmm...

I know what kind of REISINS you could use in your "fire extinguisher" prototype..Im sure, that it would mix perfectly with the weightlesness.

 (http://www.dutch-passion.nl/images/CalOrange.gif)

Title: Lose Weight, not Mass!!
Post by: CyranoAH on July 27, 2001, 04:15:00 AM

If it's a joke it just went right over me  :)

If not, thanks! I'll add it to the database of plants we are working on!  :)

Daniel, aka Cyrano

Title: Lose Weight, not Mass!!
Post by: Maniac on July 27, 2001, 05:10:00 AM

Nice bud  :)

Title: Lose Weight, not Mass!!
Post by: Maniac on July 27, 2001, 05:11:00 AM

Can i do an reasearch project involving how zero-g effects boobs?  :)

Title: Lose Weight, not Mass!!
Post by: Vulcan on July 27, 2001, 05:14:00 AM

Man if I was in that plane doing zero-G's with Gloria I'd be lightin an entirely different kinda fire :P

Title: Lose Weight, not Mass!!
Post by: CyranoAH on July 27, 2001, 05:40:00 AM

Quote

Originally posted by Maniac:
Can i do an reasearch project involving how zero-g effects boobs?   :)

Hey, last year a Belgian team was selected to conduct an experiment to test how to draft beer in zero-g conditions! Now THAT's an experiment  :D

If that experiment flew, don't see why yours couldn't!  :D  :D  :D

BTW, here's a divx of one of the parabolas:
 http://casal.upc.es/~danig27/zerog1divx.avi (http://casal.upc.es/~danig27/zerog1divx.avi)

Daniel, aka Cyrano

Title: Lose Weight, not Mass!!
Post by: Saintaw on July 27, 2001, 10:18:00 AM

Ah, yes, anything with "BEER", and trust me, we step in  :D