What happens if you wring out a wet towel while floating in space?

[Richard Cranium]

What happens if you wring out a wet towel while floating in space?

The water shouldn't fall toward the floor because, while orbiting the Earth, free falling objects will appear to float. But will the water fly out from the towel, or what? The answer may surprise you. I would not have predicted what happens. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130424.html

 

[Bruzilla]

The water is cool, but what's with that guy's watch? It's like five sizes too big for him. Is that an effect of space or not eating?

 

[uwss]

very cool

 

[MarPar]

The water is cool, but what's with that guy's watch? It's like five sizes too big for him. Is that an effect of space or not eating?

ya really think it's too big Bru?

It appears to be a Breitling he is wearing and while they are a bit oversized, I reckon it looks about right.

 

[Habib]

that video was Trippy...I wonder if you can get High in space :icon_weed:

 

[440roadrunner]

I must admit that is interesting. I have no conception of how that damn thing can survive all this time "up there." I would be getting a bit leary of (in terms of your vehicle) here you are.........you've been CONTINUOUSLY driving your cummins Diesel now for about 5 million miles, without ever shutting it off, without ever doing an oil change, you have to wonder "when" the thing is going to have a major breakdown?

 

[69a100]

This is what happens when RC has to much time on his hands. I wonder how much this dude got paid to do this? I'm just as qualified to do that as him!

 

[Richard Cranium]

This is what happens when RC has good email contacts.

Fixed.

 

[Lets Roll]

Man, that's cool. I'd love to experience 0 gravity. I'd freak out being trapped in there hurtling around in space tho'.

 

[Homstead]

Wonder what would happen if some of that water got on the electronics in there? Which way would the smoke go? lol

 

[vitamin c]

I watched an interesting show last night on Nasa's "smell lab". They actually have to smell every item taken into space before liftoff. Odor does not dissipate or go away in weightlessness. They had astronauts with blistered nostril's from an open tube of glue. You rip a big fart, its with you the whole time!

 

[satman72]

That was too much information.

 

[YY1]

I was going to say "orbits the rag", and that's kind of what it does, although I didn't figure on it maintaining the shape of the rag while filled with water (versus the compressed rag with the water squeezed out).

 

[Budnicks]

That was cool, thanks RC for finding & sharing it,
to me it was much better than some of the other non car related posts,
that we get here lately...

 

[khryslerkid]

Coming up next: "How Astronauts Pee in Space"

 

[mrsnicks]

Surface Tension for the win!