Re: Does a yo-yo work in zero gravity? ie in the orbiting Space Shuttle

Date: Tue Jun 23 08:03:35 1998
Posted By: Uli Dammer, Secondary School Teacher, -, Gymnasium Liestal
Area of science: Physics
ID: 898151729.Ph

Message:


It would. If you give it an big enough initial velocity its inertia would 
keep it moving and its kinetic energy would be converted into rotational 
energy...
When you play with an yo-yo you often give it some speed in the direction 
you want it to move. You can make it move more or less horizontally and 
even upwards.

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