Doing Real Science (and Breakdancing) In Zero Gravity

[@MedlifeCrisis]

The most important zero g biomedical question remains unanswered: what is going on with my hair

[@Kiran.Morjaria]

Clark Kent

[@aurorahutchinson9823]

pure unadulterated sex appeal

[@danburrows9635]

Beard looking great though king

[@Richardincancale]

Promotes beard growth? Not for pogonophobes!

[@freshdumbledore8177]

It‘s making you look extra hot, Rohin 🔥

[@DomenBremecXCVI]

I love the line: "This plane is old enough to not have the computers that stop you doing stupid things."

[@tissuepaper9962]

It is actually quite important that the plane be the correct age, otherwise it would need to be modified. Once the plane is modified they would need to either have it marked "EXPERIMENTAL" or apply for a whole new type certification for the modified plane. Neither of those options is particularly good. If the plane is "EXPERIMENTAL", then you can't perform any paid service with it whatsoever (not even for ESA), you can't fly IFR, you can't fly over populated areas, and you have to notify every single passenger every single time you fly that the plane has an experimental certificate. It's a hassle. Applying for a new type would solve these problems, but aviation administrators (understandably!) move at a glacial pace when certifying new types, so it would take way longer than just finding an older plane in good condition. This is all assuming that it works roughly the same in France as in the US, which is not a bad bet, but there may be some subtle differences.

[@NeilMelvilleKenney]

@@tissuepaper9962 You've pretty much covered it there. ;-)

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

@@tissuepaper9962 Ah, of course. There's always forms you have to fill in.

[@NavinF]

@@tissuepaper9962 That’s not exactly true. Just about every kit aircraft has an experimental cert and they can fly over populated areas just fine. The airworthiness cert will have an exception for flying over dense areas while landing, taking off, while directed by ATC, and when maintaining a high enough altitude. There are very few situations where none of those exceptions apply.

[@burhanbudak6041]

Air Astana Flight 1388 is a example of flight control causing problems. The plane went through enough G that it bent the metal.

[@DomenBremecXCVI]

"It's not the zero gravity that makes you sick, it's the hyper gravity." has that: "It's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop." energy

[@someguy2135]

Hyper gravity should help keep your lunch down unless you're upside down at the time. Confusing!

[@someguy2135]

Another one from aviation- "Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing."

[@someguy2135]

I did that zero gravity thing by exiting the plane. A parachute is very handy in that situation. Ironic that you escape gravity (briefly) by falling.

[@peetiegonzalez1845]

I'm not afraid of heights. Stand me next to any tower and I can look up at it just fine. No, it's not heights that bother me. It's *depths*.

[@paulhaynes8045]

Like the old aviation chestnut -Why do people fear flying? It's not flying that kills people, it's crashing.

[@ForeignManinaForeignLand]

Lawd. The Addidas drip of those trainers. No man ought be this fresh in zero gravity

[@tomgucwa7319]

I couldn't see the shoes - for the blazing intensely of those s o x !

[@strigoi_guhlqueen8355]

Hey, nice to se you here 😊

[@asklepios_]

Drip never takes a break. Must stay fresh for zero gravity

[@JungleLibrary]

You have grown the fullest, most uniform, and stunning beard I have ever seen, a true model of manliness - literally indistinguishable from a sharpie beard, and I am jealous beyond words. Nice airplane flight, too.

[@Vonononie]

I spent more time staring at the beard than the flight footage. Is it a beard wig?

[@mackieincsouthsea]

I had to rewind a bit because I spent a clean 20 seconds staring at it, every time he grows it out I get upset that it's significantly thicker than my head hair 🤣

[@AmySoyka]

...wonder if the 0g had anything to do with it?

[@bdf2718]

Call that a beard? Take a look at Desertphile's beard. He's also famous for saying "gravity."

[@lettersnstuff]

Jacob Geller’s rivals it pretty closely tho

[@cheater00]

Flight attendant: "Is there a Navy Seal astronaut cardiologist mathematician on the plane?" Dad: "You're not a Navy Seal, Rohin. I told you to learn hard. That could've been you." Rohin: "Stop making fun dad, they have a real Navy Seal astronaut cardiologist mathematician emergency." Mom: "Go ask them if they have left arm pain"

[@MedlifeCrisis]

Too real bro

[@cheater00]

@@MedlifeCrisis it's an evergreen joke, i'll keep making it every few years, you'll hear it when you're 90

[@proloycodes]

i dont get it

[@cheater00]

@@proloycodes there's an actual asian navy seal astronaut doctor mathematician out there named Johnny Kim and Rohin can never live up to him in the eyes of his parents.

[@proloycodes]

@@cheater00 whaaaat?!

[@everwhatever]

Just telling the people who watch without closed captions that they really missed out on the one that says [CRITICAL HIT] at 15:17. Amazing video as always!

[@CED99]

Tom Scott has taught him well

[@coin5207]

I love little easter eggs like that 😄. Also love how well timed this is. Not like the subtitles that spoiler the entire thing 5 seconds early

[@jekasolomon]

When the DVD logo screensaver hits the corner. Nice.

[@ArgentavisMagnificens]

The captions plus the audible thump made me LOL

[@AsterInDis]

I was watching WITH captions and was too captivated by the breakdancing to notice. Ha!

[@dubious_potat4587]

Man can fix a heart, sprint and breakdance. His next videos gonna be "doing a heart transplant while doing the 100 m spring while breakdancing" xd

[@MedlifeCrisis]

I never said I did any of these things WELL. Except the heart bit. Maybe.

[@dubious_potat4587]

@@MedlifeCrisis well I hope so!

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Left-handed, of course. He needs the practice.

[@jcortese3300]

Yeah, I'm actually surprised that they let you on the plane given your track record in causing airborne medical emergencies ... seriously though, this looks awesome! Congratulations and how great to have the chance to participate in a space medicine study!

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

No, no, they _want_ airborne medical emergencies so they can do research about it. Better to have the emergencies now than when they actually go to space.

[@Juan-pp9su]

15:42 nailed the superhero landing

[@DaftFader]

I love how Simone got lumped in with Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson haha .. she'll probably find that the funniest herself! :D

[@MedlifeCrisis]

Simone is an absolute star 🤩

[@DaftFader]

@@MedlifeCrisis I'm pretty sure amazon use one of her shitty robots to smash my packages before they get delivered to me, and virginmedia use them to cut off my internet right as I've got pocket aces in a no limit texas holdem poker tornament, but before I've had time to bet. So if anything she should be first on that list, being that she's the one that supplies the crucial component to what the others are most well known for! 😁

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

No, she shouldn't be compared to people as unaccomplished as Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson. She's done way more than any of them.

[@Yora21]

Well, it is a reference pool the target audience understands.

[@normalmanbruh]

I cannot express how happy I am for you, since you had mentioned previously that Covid caused you to miss a zero-g flight.

[@g00dbyemisterA]

Today I learned: Rohin was a sprinter and a breakdancer.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Is there anything he can't do?

[@CED99]

Neil - "Another graceful and elegant landing" How cool is Neil?

[@blindleader42]

Rohin probably rehearsed it numerous times before the flight while watching "The Terminator". 😁

[@NeilMelvilleKenney]

I couldn't possibly comment, but thanks. :-D

[@CED99]

@@NeilMelvilleKenney hey! Thanks for the reply. Your explanations were great :D

[@j.dietrich]

"Space Twattery" sounds like a rejected title for Red Dwarf.

[@ncc74656m]

Love the attempt at the super hero landing after the break dancing. 😂 I'm both supremely jealous and so happy for you getting this opportunity, Doctor. You deserve it!

[@jasperklingen6964]

Glad to see a medical professional such as yourself having trouble to keep your facemask up on your nose, just like the rest of us

[@MillionFoul]

Oh god I never thought of how difficult doing CPR in space must be. Definitely going to be giving points to the rear naked un-choke! Very unfortunate for the patient that the cath lab is several hours (and Gs) away.

[@davidmusheyev89]

I think a lucas would be a great solution for that because it compresses rather than pushes on the chest.

[@MillionFoul]

@@davidmusheyev89 True, that or the good 'ol geezer squeezer could be a very useful tool for ensuring proper tenderness upon arrival at a hospital.

[@stormsoul3162]

Rear naked Un-choke! Love it 😂

[@TheBlondePretender]

Shame you didn't get the call from ESA for a full space flight.. Would have loved to see you Pop, Lock and Rocket.

[@asho4821]

Rohin is the only youtuber that consistently gets a real laugh out of me

[@Nina-my5bj]

I was exceptionally fortunate to be able to be a participant in one of the studies on this flight a few years ago, one of the best experiences of my life! (I did throw up between each parabola for about the first ten parabolas I think lol) Also Neil really is great, such a nice person!

[@aaroneverson2003]

Amazing video! I’m glad you didn’t include the video of me using the barf bag lol. Ready for the next one!

[@MedlifeCrisis]

Haha Aaron great to see you here! I would never be so cruel. Was awesome meeting you and I hope the study was a huge success. Give my best to the others if you see them.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Ready for the next what? Video or barf bag?

[@PacoOtis]

Grammar! "my" using the barf bag and NOT "me! Go apologize to your English teacher! LOL

[@CED99]

Thanks ESA beard guy (Neil) - Why use an Airbus 310? - it's old enough to have proper flight controls, not fly-by-wire where computers would stop you trying to do stupid stuff, but not so old that it's going to kill Rohin (well that's obviously what he meant, even if he said 'it hasn't so many flight hours that it's knackered')

[@NeilMelvilleKenney]

Yeah, that's what I meant. The plane actually used to belong to the German cabinet, their equivalent of Air Force One. Hence it not having many flight hours for its actual age - perfect!

[@CED99]

Thanks for the info, cool that you've got an ex-government plane! We've got one sitting idle, though it's probably fly-by-wire and Boris may need it. Next time you're dealing with Rohin tell him to introduce you properly, I ended up getting your name off your name badge in flight before Mr big time KZbinr introduced you. There will be a next time, right? 😄

[@davidashmore3929]

Excellent space twattery, and sharing your jugular for science Rohin. Really glad you enjoyed the experience, and thank you for sharing your experience.

[@SmokeyChipOatley]

Really happy for you that you got to knock this off your bucket list. I think this is much cooler than becoming an ESA astronaut anyway. Space has become so pasé nowadays anyway. The karman line can go fly a kite for all I care… that’s if there was any air up there which there is not.

[@Kiran.Morjaria]

This looks unbelievably cool

[@Kiran.Morjaria]

@hecker what on earth is this

[@TheKorbi]

@hecker ASMR soap. Ok bro

[@Nyan_Kitty]

Look how freaking steep it goes!! (But seriously, awesome video =D looks like you were having a good time up there!)

[@Yora21]

When the plane goes down, it has to go down at the same speed as the people inside are falling without air resistance. I never realized that during the zero-g sections, the plane is actually pointing down. All the cameras are always held in the same orientation as in level flight. But I guess in free fall, there really is no sense of up or down. They probably covered up all the windows to avoid make things even more disorienting and distracting.

[@biancageminrodrigues7083]

If I had someone spinning me like that I would have puked on the guy, myself, the plane, and everyone else that had been unlucky enough to be near me.

[@NeilMelvilleKenney]

In that case, if I ever have the chance to spin you, I shall politely decline.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

And it'd be hard to clean, because that puke would spew in every direction.

[@pikXpixelart]

Wow! This video was a lot more interesting than the (already interesting) videos of other influencers doing zero-g flights. Having someone with medical credentials do it adds another level to it.

[@andrejkt2631]

Makes you wonder if this guy is just an influencer with a med credentials. Hmm .

[@RC32Smiths01]

Sounds like quite the experience man. Looks fun and informative!

[@FogelTheVogel]

> Another graceful and elegant landing That man is just full of sass and I love it.

[@mansandersen1110]

First off your beard looks amazing. I dislike youtubes monopoly so i want to use nebula as much as possible but i always find it finnicky to find a dual upload like this on there, I'd find it really helpful if you started linking to the nebula counterpart in the description.

[@CrowArchLane]

This is heavy, Doc

[@msaditu]

You are a b-boy! I remember you saying you used to breakdance in a video way back when but I did not quite believe you. This was way too much fun!

[@lazz3107]

Awesome content as always, keep up the great work Rohin!

[@tite93]

Weightlessness is cool and all, but what I really want to learn about is Dr. Rohin's beard care routine...

[@MedlifeCrisis]

Step 1: stop shaving Step 2: that's it

[@mustafar]

Step 0: mad beard genes

[@LillianRZP]

i very much appreciate the nebula reminder at the beginning! i always forget until an ad read at the end

[@Corporis]

Glad to see that Duolingo coming in handy!

[@spef7396]

I actually love this plane, the shots of all those teams working in 0g have me so envious that I'll likely never get to see it with my own eyes, wow!

[@mack_solo]

I came here from the Nebula channel to elevate the KZbin algorithm for this vid to a stratospheric heights... Aaanyway... Thanks for including the plane tour with briefings of the sci experiments onborad the flight (on Nebula). Was hoping you would relate the Dzhanibekov Effect to your rigorous excercise programme, but I understand - there was no time for frivolities. On a different note, closer to your field, does a heart experience strain during the changeover from zero G to hyper G - as in your own heart/Philips experiment (is there a back pressure thump, or is the inlet chamber suddenly gulping too much blood - is that a good thing - could it be used as a prescription for narrowing of ventricles (here you go: 3 vomit comets twice a week), etc)?

[@richardmillward3898]

Always great seeing Neil taking people for a flight.

[@gawayne1374]

Chain fountain!!! Also, I am really psyched our experiment made it into your video. Love the channel!

[@ericardoc]

Excellent video, as usual. Don’t know if it’s the audio quality or my bad non-native english speaker ear, but it seems you had a slightly different accent while lying on the plane compared to what I was used to hear, sounded a tad more British than usual. 😄 Also, I cried a little when I saw you and other doctors and scientists donning procedure masks with huge gaps and the sporadic nose slips. I hope that when the next airborne virus pandemic comes we will have finally forgotten this pesky droplet dogma in favour of aerosol science. Cheers!

[@alexandrepenkler4287]

Green with envy, and only slight nausea by proxy

[@psychosis7325]

Have not even started but massive props to the bloke that is spinning you at the beginning 😮 that is some serious strength to get you into motion that fast and to then stop you on the spot before the next parabola. I would not have even thought that would be possible with a child without near popping a hip out on the stop in those straps. *Edit, Neil is a bloody legend.

[@GMC2001]

Amazing Doc. I thik this is the first time i've commented, just wanted to say i love your videos and your approach in general, thank you x

[@LarryGify]

You spin me right round baby right round on this science record - right round, right round

[@TheSneezingAnouki]

I love how the flags on the ESA sweatshirt are in alphabetical order

[@kumaryogesh5829]

I died after seeing cpr in zero g.

[@MedlifeCrisis]

A bit like the patient

[@MiracleWinchester]

@@MedlifeCrisis Doctor, nooooo

[@jayfredrickson8632]

You'd probably die after needing CPR too

[@gasdive]

Ellipse segment. "parabolic" is like nails on a chalkboard every time I hear it.

[@1FatLittleMonkey]

I like how Rohin's breakdancing also demonstrated the Dzhanibekov effect. Nice callback.

[@ryankassel5691]

Karina's publications are 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@geekbruin]

Amazing how your lark of a KZbin channel has come so far. Congrats!

[@nimaghomri]

"That KZbinr is your daddy", that was savage

[@burhanbudak6041]

He escaped to the one place not corrupted by quackery: #SPHACE!

[@LukeStrife]

That superhero landing at the end. What a legend.

[@psychachu]

"Another graceful landing." Lol, what gentle, pleasing shade.

[@larsmehnen8008]

was a great experience (Homeboy Lars)

[@MedlifeCrisis]

Lars! I didn’t know your surname! Thank you for being so generous with your time and phone. Great to meet you, hope you’re well

[@larsmehnen8008]

@@MedlifeCrisis we can cooperate ... if you want ... I'm a professor at a university off applied sciences and come from the field of medical computer science ;) - these youtube videos you're doing are brilliant ! (didn't know them before)

[@irfansyahril8511]

15:24 you really did the Expanse magboots kick😭

[@bassemb]

15:38 nice superhero landing pose. Also, of all this delightful video, I was most impressed with your box jumps.

[@K_rye]

This was fascinating. Did not know about the ESA version of the parabolic flight. I'm looking forward to learning more about these experiments. Thanks for including the link to the Jugular flow paper. I'm not a health care worker, but was able to understand it. Also, loved your socks.

[@Sonic_Shroom]

Love the super hero landing at the end.

[@Nicolchu_]

It was a graceful last landing... What an experience x experiment it must have been

[@arjodas]

this channel is singlehandedly the most valuable shit I've ever found on the internet

[@DomyTheMad420]

I will eternally be conflicted. one side wants you to "shave off that goddamned beard" and the other side's all like "Praise be unto The Beard so Perfect it looks fake" i'm both in awe & envious af

[@apricxtt]

It looks fake but i don't think it is

[@mackieincsouthsea]

Crewmember, calmly: "Are those gazelles?" Pilot, panicked: "WHERE?!" * crashing sounds *

[@lollllloro]

"Orientation and checks" caused quite a few blank cycles in my brain as you just paused talking about zero-g.

[@FinetalPies]

God damn that dude in the first 20 seconds has the dream job, professional person spinner

[@NeilMelvilleKenney]

Thanks! I am very lucky and do love my job. Although I can only do the fun stuff when nothing else on the flight is going wrong, as I'm responsible for the whole shebang.

[@williamfrom6021]

Keep the space medicine coming. Its the whole reason I subbed to your channel.

[@ballinjosh03]

Your content should be mandatory in schools. Always funny and super informative.

[@georgeprout42]

There was me half expecting Tom Scott to float over with a TENS machine and ask if you wanted a rematch.

[@zeeker7706]

This is what a rave for nerds look like. Love it. Wish I could have been there.

[@AmySoyka]

12:41 That heart stopping moment when the phone screen turns off...

[@kuy3796]

This is so cool! I'm so glad you got to do this!!

[@narnigrin]

[CRITICAL HIT] Rohin, you are a fucking treasure! xD

[@letsgoBrandon204]

I have to keep pausing these videos and recover from the weird wobbly slightly nauseous feeling I get when watching medical things to do with hearts and veins/blood (That video about exercise with MRI footage of blood flow was difficult). But I watch these because they're just too damn interesting, not to mention amusing 😉.

[@cellokid5104]

Amazing video. This needs more views

[@tylermacdonald8924]

Wow, this is actually awesome.

[@33up24]

This was really cool to witness

[@S0meb0dystrange]

since there´s no comment function on nebula, thanks for the extra footage :)

[@xWood4000]

This is so fricking cool!

[@missl1775]

This is the first video that has made me want to subscribe to nebula. Maybe it's the caffeine crash but I laughed until I was dizzy at the unexpected breakdancing results. Just the pick me up I needed. (The science was good too.)

[@PresidentialWinner]

15:39 SUPERHERO LANDING. Ryan Reynolds would be proud, also interesting and funny video as always!

[@paulhaynes8045]

I'd really love to try zero G, but I get motion sick on a kid's swing... And, if that wasn't enough, I also have a phobia of being in an enclosed space where other people might be sick (flying is a nightmare). I've been pretty lucky in my life, but that particular double whammy really sucks!!

[@tamara3984]

Nice jumper Also, going over to Nebula, bye.

[@_the_]

What I admire about you above all: Your lack of fear. The lack of not doing some things that interest you because it's scary as heck. The way that man spinned you. Or that he touched you. It seems like you have never questioned it, I don't think I could do that... And, besides, the video is generally super cool, so keep it up👍🏻

[@nicklorigo3507]

Dream Collab, You and Dr Glaucomfleckn

[@newshefan]

The music and style at the pre flight segment was parodying a certain KZbinr? Lol I got dizzy watching the video hahahaha the brain thought I was spinning too much. Great video! I feel that this needs to be at least 2 hours too

[@jonathandevries2828]

the parabolic flight director's mask really emphasizes how big his head is

[@jameseasson4489]

He is big brain

[@NeilMelvilleKenney]

True story. My head is massive. Like the rest of me.

[@phitsf5475]

What about sending old and disabled people into space? Could the reduced gravity improve quality of life? They already have aging bone density, will gravity make that worse? I'm sure they would appreciate the weightlessness, reduced energy to go places and maybe their joints get a rest too.

[@garavin]

That guy Neil has a strong arm to get you spinning in freefall like that. You might even say he's arm-strong...

[@ezdubs8511]

That windmill tho

[@benny_lemon5123]

Ahhhh gotta love the superhero landing at the end 😆 Looks like a barrel of nauseating fun lol 🤢

[@joebikeguy6669]

Really interesting. Thanks.

[@wordzmyth]

*breakdances* *skull goes crunch*

[@wyskass861]

It's funny that they had to test him before the study, IN the airplane for some reason, not a ground lab at some research location.

[@mobilenotherwise5000]

omg the beard is so majestic, looks so smooth and whole and puffy on camera

[@danielpirone8028]

Thank you!

[@jessamineprice5803]

As someone who isn't living in the 1850s, I'm still not sure how I feel about the beard, but the science and the jokes made my day.

[@AlphaGeekgirl]

Sometimes it looks fake, even though I know that it isn’t… But it is very distracting.

[@RoganGunn]

@@AlphaGeekgirl It's like the woolly side of velcro.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

You young'uns and your break dancing! Well - done! I've never had the nerve, the physiology, or parental permission to break dance! (Well, maybe the physiology...) and no desire as a 20 - something. And every year would bring the law of diminishing returns into play.