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Faked Zero-G Videos Using Harnesses

RecordOBS-0879
CategorySpace/NASA
StatusDEBUNKED
SummarySome claim that zero-gravity videos, such as those filmed on the 'vomit comet' aircraft, are faked using harnesses or wires. Proponents suggest that the apparent weightlessness is an illusion created by camera tricks or rigging.
OriginThe claim circulates in online forums and social media, often in response to videos of astronauts or parabolic flight demonstrations.
Claimed
  • Zero-gravity videos are faked using harnesses or wires.
  • The 'vomit comet' does not actually produce weightlessness; it's simulated.
Evidence / consensusParabolic flight, as used by the 'vomit comet', genuinely produces brief periods of weightlessness by following a specific flight path. Videos are not faked; the effect is real and well-documented.
> OBSERVER NOTE:
Standard debunk. The physics of parabolic flight are well understood; the claim ignores the aircraft's trajectory.

Sources

  1. Ever wanted to know how those vomit comet planes simulate ...
  2. In adressing the claim of faked zero G videos through use of harness and ...

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