In regard to the question of whether NASA requires astronauts to fold origami cranes,I did a Google search of "nasa origami crane test" and got a few relevant hits, including this one: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/wanted-mars-explorers-must-be-able-to-tolerate-boredom-and-play-nice-with-others/. London Telegraph also appears to have an article, but I couldn't read it without entering my credit card number. (Um...NO! There were some other references as well. Dawn TuckerO'Fallon, MO
On Thursday, March 19, 2020, 11:00:14 AM CDT, origami-requ...@lists.digitalorigami.com <origami-requ...@lists.digitalorigami.com> wrote: Send Origami mailing list submissions to origami@lists.digitalorigami.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.digitalorigami.com/mailman/listinfo/origami or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to origami-requ...@lists.digitalorigami.com You can reach the person managing the list at origami-ow...@lists.digitalorigami.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Origami digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Sighting -- Origami Cranes on Eureka (OrigamiX) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 23:30:19 -0400 From: OrigamiX <orim...@saliers.com> To: Origami <origami@lists.digitalorigami.com> Subject: [Origami] Sighting -- Origami Cranes on Eureka Message-ID: <1af292858610a69807e22dba69c31...@saliers.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed This may be old news to everyone here, but since I'm a decade behind on television watching, who knows? Eureka, Episode 16, season 4, 12.5 minutes into the show. The characters are locked in a room where they are being tested in preparation for a trip to Titan (suspend disbelief here). Their challenge is to fold 100 origami cranes. One of the characters explains that this is the same test that NASA uses. The idea is to see if people become sloppier as they progress. Anyone know if there actually is a NASA origami challenge? Some of the "science" on Eureka has a basis in fact. End of Origami Digest, Vol 167, Issue 9 ***************************************