Dec 29 2008
Drinking tea with chopsticks in microgravity
Saturday Morning Science:
Drinking tea with chopsticks in microgravity onboard the International Space Station.
(March 15, 2003) — Expedition Six NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit demonstrates how the International Space Station crew prepares and eats snacks. In this second of four video clips, Pettit drinks from a bag of tea using chopsticks.
Duration : 0:1:53
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In 0 Gravity you …
In 0 Gravity you can still move yourself or other things via. vibrations, like if you would scream really really outloud you would be able to move by doing so, if your floating in 0 gravity, cause the vibrowaves will make contact with the closest solid surface and then travel back to you, and then cause you dont have any weight, it can move you.
lol that looks fun
lol that looks fun
lawls.
lawls.
Haha, true. It’s …
Haha, true. It’s much easier to examine swallowing while upside down, as you can stay upside down as long as you like.
LOL, if anyone …
LOL, if anyone tries to jump off a chair while swallowing, please make sure you have istance near by and it’s a liquid, not a solid you are consuming! Try swallowing while you are upside down instead. easier to notice the physics behind what’s going on, and SAFER TOO!
he sounds …
he sounds indian.teh Ti,you just blob it around and put your chopsticks at an angle at teh tii
The muscles in ur …
The muscles in ur throat and stuff help move the food down so u can even eat upside down or sideways or whatever lol
mg1jose: If there …
mg1jose: If there is no gravity in space, then what keeps the planets in orbit around the Sun? Or the moon in orbit around Earth? GRAVITY! Astronauts appear to float because they, and the space shuttle, are in free fall around the Earth-providing a microgravity (virtually zero g) environment. It’s almost exactly the same as being trapped in a free falling elevator. Also, we don’t utilize gravity to swallow. We use muscles. Try jumping off of a chair while swallowing.
XD
Eat tea with …
XD
Eat tea with chopsticks…
wow!!!!!! arent …
wow!!!!!! arent yall smart
he sounded like he …
he sounded like he said pee
lol. Me too.
lol. Me too.
lol i liek his …
lol i liek his fringe
swallowing doesn’t …
swallowing doesn’t take gravity. Your esophagus contracts as you swallow. Try swallowing while upside down. It still works.
hahahhahahhaha
hahahhahahhaha
i am so confused!
i am so confused!
haha this is pretty …
haha this is pretty cool, even james bond and chuck norris would dig this
can some one with …
can some one with great intelligence explain if there is 0 gravity in space what goes on in a humans organs? also if he is sippin tea how does it go down if theres no gravity to pull liquids?
Lol. xD
Lol. xD
this is so cool
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this is so cool
the green tea looks like slimes
So, in space, …
So, in space, fluids behave like bubbles, sticking together due to surface tension, even allowing it to be grabbed by chopsticks.
lol did u see how …
lol did u see how far he sticks the chopstix in his mouth XD
i like how he seems …
i like how he seems to understand what t-bag means. ha
the two of u sound …
the two of u sound like an old couple! get a life, neither of you will convince the other of anything!
Yeah……. …
Yeah……. whatever you say. Be sure and let us know when you’re posting some science experiments you’ve done on yourself here. Think how respected you will be if you do that. You could demonstrate how gravity doesnt effect you, how your liver can take 100 pain killers, or loads of other fun things.
Keep us posted on the good work
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