PersonJul 31, 2023
Wonder of Science

This is what happens when you wring out a wet towel while floating in space.

Credit: CSA/NASA

Jul 31, 2023 at 11:46amWeb
Show threadSkiwithstyle1Jul 31, 2023
@wonderofscience how cool!
Show threadRobee? Na! 🌈Jul 31, 2023
@wonderofscience It always amazes me how water droplets in space stations aren’t a hazard. I mean it makes a lot of sense, humans emit moisture, things are going to get wet, may as well make it all weather proof.
Show threadMagda♪enaBerlin 💚 🦥 💚Jul 31, 2023
@wonderofscience
🤩 Wow... beeindruckend...
Show thread☕💻🌨️Jul 31, 2023
@wonderofscience obsessed with the cheering and applause for the wet rag, this is very cool but also hilarious
Show threadSir David NielsenJul 31, 2023
@wonderofscience @lisamelton this makes me so nervous with all those wires around and the vacuum of space being only about three sheets of tinfoil away.
Show threadAlan MartelloJul 31, 2023
@DavidNielsen @wonderofscience @lisamelton Absolutely agree 100% - this video gives me the shivers like someone setting a full 32oz 7-11 Big Gulp with no lid on top of a computer server rack in a high security iris scan climate controlled data center. It’s *possible* nothing bad will happen, but if anything bad does happen I want to be *nowhere* near this place. Gotta be 1000x worse being in outer space.
Show threadEarthlingJul 31, 2023
@wonderofscience Wild stuff!
Show threadJermonterAug 1, 2023
@wonderofscience assuming that’s a function of cohesion tension of water. Like the way it rides up side of a glass and is “sticky”. Sticky wins when no gravity. Is that what’s happening?
Show threadPointyFluffAug 1, 2023

@wonderofscience

no...this is what happens when a Canadian SuperStar wrings out a wet towel in space.

When *I* do it, all the magic blue smoke comes out of the space capsule and video footage of my flaming demise is punctuated by people screaming "oh, the humanity!"

#HBSA #HillBillySpaceAgency

Show threadWilliam BartlettAug 2, 2023
@wonderofscience My takeaway from this is that in space you don’t need a mic stand.
Show threadDraco DynastyAug 19, 2023

@wonderofscience Ah yes, Chris Hadfield.

This person is pretty good at vulgarizing space-related stuff all the while being entertaining.

Helps that he also made his own cover of Space Oddity (a David Bowie song).

Despite it all, one can say his videos are... down to earth.

Might I interest you in this playlist of some of his space videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPfak9ofGSn9vOEkIz328i4xQQq7e0kjc

An Astronaut's Guide to Life in Space

A collection of Chris Hadfield's videos from space, courtesy of the CSA and NASA.

YouTube
Show thread🍸Pooka🥕Boo🍸Aug 19, 2023

@wonderofscience

Love it.... great post.

Show threadDemocracy Dies in DumbassAug 19, 2023
@wonderofscience That's awesome, My theory would be that the surface tension of the water binds it to the texture of the towel.
Show threadTheriacAug 20, 2023

@wonderofscience

the stray water droplets make me think of this

Russia’s Mir Space Station is an example of a space station that had some of these problems. Astronauts lived on Mir from 1986 to 2000. But as it got older, Mir had a lot of problems with microorganisms and condensation. In 1998, astronauts found a floating globule of water the size of a basketball in one of Mir’s modules. The globule was full of microorganisms! Mir was decommissioned in 2000. By that time, scientists had found over 234 different types of microorganisms living on Mir. https://letstalkscience.ca/educational-resources/backgrounders/humidity-on-earth-and-on-iss

... and the fact that all water on the space station comes from the astronauts themselves.

Show threadRoAug 22, 2023
@wonderofscience Amazing! Showed my 12 year old, and he loved it, too.