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  2. Buoy - Wikipedia

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    To the north there are early medieval mentions of the French / Belgian River Maas being buoyed. [4] Such early buoys were probably just timber beams or rafts, but in 1358 there is a record of a barrel buoy in the Dutch Maasmond (also known as the Maas Sluis or Maasgat). [ 4 ]

  3. Fata Morgana (mirage) - Wikipedia

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    Even when the boat in the mirage does not seem to be suspended in the air, it still looks ghostly, and unusual, and what is even more important, it is ever-changing in its appearance. Sometimes a Fata Morgana causes a ship to appear to float inside the waves, at other times an inverted ship appears to sail above its real companion.

  4. Sleep in space - Wikipedia

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    Sleeping in space requires that astronauts sleep in a crew cabin, a small room about the size of a shower stall. They lie in a sleeping bag which is strapped to the wall. [5] Astronauts have reported having nightmares and dreams, and snoring while sleeping in space. [6] Sleeping and crew accommodations need to be well-ventilated. [7]

  5. What happens if an astronaut floats off into space? - AOL

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    If that fails, saving an astronaut floating off into space might require several tethers hooked together, a SAFER, and, to be honest, a lot of luck. RELATED: Here's whats happening in space this year:

  6. Alien hunter claims Google Earth shows a giant pyramid on ...

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    Often referred in Nordic folklore, the massive, squid-like sea creature is characterized by a penchant for dragging massive ships and the people on them down to its deep, watery, lair.

  7. Sleeper ship - Wikipedia

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    Dr. Smith, a saboteur and accidental stowaway, is forced to revive the crew to save the ship from meteors. The film Lost in Space in which the suspended animation system fails, bringing the crew of Jupiter 2 out of sleep prematurely. Nostromo – The sleeper/cargo ship in the film Alien. Sulaco – The sleeper/war ship in the film Aliens.

  8. Bell's spaceship paradox - Wikipedia

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    Since the ships are moving with the same velocity in S′ before acceleration, the initial rest length in S is shortened in S′ by ′ = / due to length contraction. From the frame of S′, B starts accelerating before A and also stops accelerating before A. Due to this B will always have higher velocity than A up until the moment A is ...

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