What do you expect from the same people who shot apes into space to never be seen again. :(
It looks like the guy is trying to see if the cat will try to hold onto the wall, without gravity to tell it that it's a vertical surface - but I can actually see a certain point to it...
... if every action has and equal and opposite reaction, in a weightless environment you just drift in whatever direction your original force sends you. There is nothing to influence your trajectory - but the cat can still manage to turn. Independant of an external influence.
You can see when it is drifting towards the 'floor' it twists and changes it's bodily direction - though this does end up in an ever increasing spin (and getting wrapped up in it's own lead by the looks).
So cruel, yes :evil: , and yeah, eversoslightly initially giggle inducing. :oops:
But I can actually potentially see some value to space research, astronaut training/skills/possibilties etc. How the hell do cats manage to do that? And once you take gravity out ot the mix it's even more fascinating. :?:
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