Slingshot spider launches itself 100 times faster than cheetah by creating spring coils in its web – and experts say the design could improve robots Launching from a spring-like web, the acrobatic arachnid hits speeds of 4,300 feet a second squared Barely 1/25 inch tall, it can take down much larger flies and mosquitoes It’s one … Read more
Slingshot spider launches itself 100 times faster than cheetah by creating spring coils in its web – and experts say the design could improve robots Launching from a spring-like web, the acrobatic arachnid hits speeds of 4,300 feet a second squared Barely 1/25 inch tall, it can take down much larger flies and mosquitoes It’s one … Read more
First stop Venus! NASA proposes using the planet to slingshot the first crewed Mars mission to save fuel and time NASA is eyeing the 2030s for the first crewed mission to Mars Now, scientist propose astronauts do a fly by of Venus along the way Astronauts could use Venus’s gravity to slingshot the craft towards … Read more