Astronaut Pops a Water Balloon in Space

published by James Roe

2 years 7 months ago • 1523 views

tags: astronaut, space, balloon, water, cool

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That is NOT in space. It's in a 0-g simulation aeroplane. You can see the 'change' in gravity exhibited by the glob of water as the plane adjusts its course. In actual space (where gravity is weak) there would be no such 'shift'... well... to be honest a shift like that would occur during an acceleration. I know this is not in 'space' though, because it was shown probably four years ago in a series of experiments performed by scientists in a low-gravity simulator.

That doesn't mean that it still isn't cool as all hell.

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written by iaui

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That does make sense, i have always wondered what sort of an idiot would pop a water balloon in a space station... seems that a lot of sensitive equipment could get fried. The cargo bay of a 747 would be a much better place. Thanks for the info.

written by James Roe

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Heh. Well... thanks for the link to the video. I hadn't seen it for some while. And it certainly is very visually captivating.

Here's a link with this and some other microgravity experiments performed by some NASA scientists:
http://microgravity.grc.nasa.gov/balloon/blob.htm

written by iaui

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cool vid- VOMIT COMET!

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