[HN Gopher] Robotic "SuperLimbs" could help moonwalkers recover ...
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       Robotic "SuperLimbs" could help moonwalkers recover from falls
        
       Author : LorenDB
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2024-05-15 11:40 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (news.mit.edu)
        
       | deadbabe wrote:
       | I'm having a hard time imagining what it feels like for gravity
       | to be 1/6 of earth, yet inertia to be the same. Is there some way
       | to approximate this on Earth?
        
         | pulvinar wrote:
         | Being underwater with the right weighting is a rough
         | approximation, as used by astronauts for training. Parabolic
         | flight is better, and can be done at 1/6 g too. NASA tested a
         | lunar wheelbarrow that way.
        
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