OK, this is frickin cool. What happens when you wring out a wet washcloth in zero G?

[A HERETIC I AM]

[TeeYiYi]

1. k+r...

...for cool factor.

TYY

[enlightenment]

2. Is it any wonder that so many kids want to be

astronauts?

That is totally cool!

[Brother Buzz]

3. CAREFUL, THEY'RE RUFFLED!

[SidDithers]

4. Chris Hadfield. Coolest astronaut ever...

Keep up with him as he describes life on the ISS on twitter
@Cmdr_Hadfield

Sid

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. I am a sucker for science

[Buns_of_Fire]

6. Totally and completely neat to the max, but

given all the wires and stuff I saw in the background, is this the safest thing to be doing so far from the nearest 7-11 where you could pick up another fuse?

I know. I probably worry too much.

[madokie]

11. I'd say that water is pure water and if so it is an insulator

not a conductor

[Buns_of_Fire]

12. I did not know that. That makes sense. I'm sure it was safe, or else the video would have been

of his fellow astronauts pummeling him vigorously about the head and shoulders, with droplets of his Precious Bodily Fluids floating about the cabin.

The closest I've ever been to zero-G was on a morning flight from Dallas to Atlanta when we hit a little turbulence and I got to watch an entire Bloody Mary levitate in mid-air before things got back to normal and it landed in my lap.

[A HERETIC I AM]

14. Just float around with a straw and suck up all the errant drops! n/t

[MattBaggins]

17. Experiment 2... What does a wet-vac do in space?

[A HERETIC I AM]

20. Make smaller droplets?

A wet vac relies on gravity for the water to drop out of the airstream, right?


I read this article that talked about numerous funny things that happened inside the experiment boxes sent up - like spiders trying to make webs and such.

The things we take for granted to work on earth just simply don't up there - like a wet vac!

[madokie]

22. Sounds like flying into Los Angeles airport

coming in from the east when we came over the mountains we hit an air pocket and lost 300 ft elevation. I was in a window seat and it looked like the plane was flapping it wings. This was way back in '68 and we were in a 727.
I hated flying into LA because of the air turbulence we'd hit.

[OneGrassRoot]

7. way cool! n/t

[mithnanthy]

8. very cool!

Hi ......us Ft. Myers people....appreciate interesting clips from space exploration.... the skies are beautiful down here...carry on my friend.

[A HERETIC I AM]

13. Hi Nanthy! I'm up in Jacksonville these days....

But still in Florida! Hope you're well and I'm glad you liked the vid.

[ErikJ]

9. Wonder what would happen if he added dish soap?

Wiki:" Water has a high surface tension of 72.8 mN/m at room temperature, caused by the strong cohesion between water molecules, the highest of the common non-ionic, non-metallic liquids."

The surface tension made it stick to his hands and the soap surfactant would reduce that surface tension which would make the water break away from hios hands I think.

[A HERETIC I AM]

15. You're probably right.

That environment must produce an endless supply of small but wondrous circumstances.

[Warren DeMontague]

19. Yeah, that's the surface tension in action.

Take that away, different story. Good point.

[spanone]

10. k&r...

[TxDemChem]

16. So, from the chemist with a biochemistry degree

Who wishes she had studied astrophysics, that is freaking awesome. Water is such a weird molecule with weird properties. You gotta love the cohesion!

[A HERETIC I AM]

18. Did you ever see the video of a pan of liquid nitrogen dumped in a swimming pool?

[TxDemChem]

25. That was cool - literally

My frat makes ice cream using liquid nitrogen, but we've never dumped it in a body of water. I may have to start having a little more fun at work!

[undergroundpanther]

21. I wouldn't want to blow my nose

into a kleenex in outerspace and get a snot blowout eeeeew!

[RedCappedBandit]

23. He's going to get all that equipment wet!!!

Well, that's what I was thinking, anyway..

How cool!

[KurtNYC]

24. $50 billion for a space station but they can't spend $20 for a head mic?!

Very cool and I love that the Canadian astronaut calls the washcloth container "a hockey puck."

[liberal N proud]

26. KOOL

[Blue_Tires]

27. When is NASA going to cut to the chase

and finally show what zero-G sex is like??

It's not like none of us have ever wondered...