[Closed] Monday Brain Teaser: Tim Peake's Astronaut Test

I make it front right.
Too old to be an astronaut anyway.

Hang on - there's 2 possible forwards (and backs) (but I think it still ends up in the same place so it don't matter)

Where's the answer?

[i](it's not a trick question) [/i]

Over there..

Where it started.

as per mikewsmith - on base - the cube has rotated, but sits the way up it was initially

Back on the bottom.

I don't think it's where it started, cos theres a 'backwards', which moves it to a side..

Forward -
Left -
Left -
Forward -
Right -
Backwards -
Right -

Edited - rotate your phone to see

bottom

On the bottom.

It's on the left hand face as you were looking at it originally.

Hang on - there's 2 possible forwards (and backs) (but I think it still ends up in the same place so it don't matter)

The diagram shows the four possible directions the cube can move.

It doesn't show your point-of-view. You are positioned facing the cube and "forwards" is towards you.

Where's the answer?

I know it. I'll post it later.

on the base.

Or if you want to be tricky, you could ask with respect to what frame of reference has it moved, because in respect of the cube, it hasn't at all, it's where it always was.

facing right....

??

DrP

(edit - this was with 'forwards' with the cube rolling away from me..)
(double edit - misread the first firwards...one sec...)
(triple edit - back on the bottom)

I'm sticking with my original answer!

(Ha! Same as DrP. An he's astronaut material 🙂 )

Back to the bottom.

DezB - Member
I'm sticking with my original answer!

grab the nearest box shaped object and test your hypothesis

He's daft - Dez - grab the nearest cube with a dot on the bottom and test your hypothesis 😉

DrP

On the bottom
During some of the moves it doesn't actually move

Not on the bottom, surely?

The lefts don't change anything, but it ends up on the top after two 'forwards', then there's a right, which puts it back on the bottom, then the 'backward' at which point it's facing you, no?

[i] grab the nearest cube with a dot on the bottom and test your hypothesis[/i]

No. It says "minds eye". 😛

Njee the move right only puts it onto the right hand side, not the bottom, no?

@GrahamS - You need to put the answer up before people start cheating and using their CAD software (or origami)!

Njee the move right only puts it onto the right hand side, not the bottom, no?

Oh shit, yeah 😳 , i was doubling the roll to the right.

I've run through again and think everyone's wrong. It's on the right.

Well, I got the same answer doing it in my head as I did rotating my phone in my hands so I'll stand by my answer.

It's on the cube. Do I win five pounds?

Soo..anyone had the call from NASA yet??

DrP

Bottom

on the back face ? two forwards put it on the top, right or left keeps it in same place but dot rotating, then one times back puts it on back face ?

Bottom.

the left do nothing, its on the bottom side of the cube,original position

Bottom (the two lefts and the one backwards don't change the dot's position)

A lot of confidence... who has done the experiment?

Definitely bottom. Forward and forward puts it on top. The two left's do nothing, right and right puts it back to bottom, backwards does nothing.

[quote=DrP ]Soo..anyone had the call from NASA yet??

[s]NASA[/s] ESA. 😉

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Space Australia are hiring.

[i] I got the same answer doing it in my head as I did rotating my phone in my hands so I'll stand by my answer.[/i]

You realise your phone isn't a cube? 😉

[i]backwards does nothing.[/i]

How so? Oh, it looks like you've followed different instructions..

You realise your phone isn't a cube?

backwards does nothing.

How so?

I think it's on the bottom 🙂

It's back on the bot-bot.

I'm guessing it matters how long it takes to work out too? I was definitely not that quick!! 🙂

my last post misleading, was in answer to mikewsmith post above.

Now what's the official bleedin answer?!

DezB - Member
my last post misleading, was in answer to mikewsmith post above.

Now what's the official bleedin answer?!

I think verifying the answer is part of the test. 😆

bottom is correct btw.

can somebody please send Dez a box and a pen...