As you know, one of the prominent features of cats is that they can fall from an obvious height to four feet.

NASA was also inspired by cats while investigating how astronauts can direct their bodies in zero gravity environments. Well, how did he do this?

The ability of cats to turn around their axis in the air while falling in the air is a phenomenon for many years for scientists.

Famous physicists George Gabriel Stokes, James Clerk Maxwell and étienne-Jules Marey wondered about this issue, but no systematic research was conducted.

In a letter to his wife Katherine Mary Clerk Maxwell, Maxwell spoke of experiments to understand that cats fall on their feet.

In 1969, Kane and Scher tried to explain the movements of cats mathematically by creating a mechanical model with a two -joint cylinder. Thanks to this model, they derived differential equations and calculated how cats turn.

NASA supported this research and tried to understand how the findings can be applied for the control of the human body in the space environment.

NASA used the findings of this research to determine how astronauts can direct their bodies in zero gravity.

The mathematical equations formed by Kane and Scher were analyzed to optimize the movements of astronauts and were tested by a gymnast.

In conclusion; The movements of cats themselves have become a fundamental principle for astronauts to direct their bodies in space.

As you can see, cats; Incredible creatures that contribute even to space research…

Cats that we share our world, streets and dwellings; In addition to being a cute accompanying, it can benefit from scientific research.

This extraordinary discovery of NASA has become a great example of how the natural movements of the biomechanics and animals could inspire scientific research.

Who knows; In the future, even new technologies inspired by these different movements of cats can be developed, what do you say?

Let’s take space enthusiasts like this: