Could You Fart Your Way to the Moon?

Posted: April 8, 2015 by

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CAN YOU FART YOUR WAY THROUGH SPACE? Listen, we know you’ve thought about it, and we’re here to give you THE DEFINITIVE ANSWER to one of the greatest science questions of all time. How long would it take to get to the MOON by farting? Join Gabe on PBS Space Time as we walk through some of the surprising and WEIRD science behind farts, rockets, and everything in between as we seek an answer to this propulsion problem.

Extra Credit:

How to Weigh a Fart:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t0lRt329wM

Chris Hadfield’s reddit thread:
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1s4l7v/i_am_col_chris_hadfield_retired_astronaut

Thrust of NASA’s SLS Booster:
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/588413main_SLS_Fun_Facts.pdf

Exit speed of a sneeze:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3613375/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3842286/

Volume of the bladder:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urinary_bladder

Measuring the speed of a urine stream:
http://amightynut.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-pee-velocity-male-version.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4072450

International Space Apps Challenge
https://2015.spaceappschallenge.org/

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Comments:

The Cosmos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcsBWPuLJsQ&lc=z13rhvfqjtegvvkrl04ccn3wzkrucdtpv4o

R MH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcsBWPuLJsQ&lc=z12dhdz5nv2wsxsxq04cilvg2onldtwgaew