Question: Can a cat land on its feet in outer space ?

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Answer #1:

haha
good question
I think not

Answer #2:

No. Astronauts proved that honey bees lose their orientation in space due to the lack of gravity. People, mice, guinea pigs do as well. Since a cat is another mammal, it is likely not to have orientation to 'land on its feet' either.

Answer #3:

I don't see why not. It is probably easier too, since the acceleration from gravity isn't pulling them as quickly. If they tuck themselves in tighter, they can decrease their moment of inertia and rotate their bodies more quickly. It's the same thing diver's do.

Answer #4:

Landing suggests some time of newtonian gravity causing an object to be pulled downwards. so no to the cat.

As for yourself, you can turn yourself, but only by twisting part of your body in a direction opposite to that in which you want to travel. That will have an opposite and equal reaction to the rest of the body. That's after all how spacecrafts propagate through space. According to Newton’s third law,if you throw
a mass to front ,it pushes you back
with the same force.

Answer #5:

Would you believe me if I told you the U.S. government had conducted this experiment? In the early days of space exploration, they shot a cat and a mouse into space as part of a test on animal behavior. The cat eventually died, but not before eating the mouse.

Answer #6:

If the cat is drop from his feet face the ground and nothing hit it or come in Between the cat and the ground yes. Newton's First Law of Motion. In space there is no External force that would it normal. If something is moving in one direction it keep moving that direction until some else interact with it.
So yes it would unless something hit it on the way down to the ground that cause it turn on it's side or something.

Answer #7:

The cat could land on whatever he/she liked in outer space , it's zero gravity.

(ut) + (1/2gt^2) = s

take away g from the equation, then see how you get on to determine (s)

Answer #8:

I am not sure a cat would figure it out they mostly operate on the basis of instincts and conditioned behavior but you can rotate yourself in space. Additionally in curved space you can move yourself about without any propulsion. Click Here





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