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To Boldly Go Where No Mento Has Gone Before

rjwoodhead writes "This past weekend, my entire family learned what it's like to float in freefall aboard G-Force One (recently featured on the Mythbusters' Moon Hoax show). Being science-lovers, we wanted to do some kind of original experiment. So we decided to test whether the Diet Coke & Mentos reaction was affected by the lack of bubble convection in microgravity. At the link you can find the story of how the experiment evolved and how we talked Space Adventures into letting us fool around with sticky and corrosive cola and candy inside their nice clean airplane, as well as high-speed video of the results."

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  1. Yawn. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yawn.

  2. Re:What's with the TSA apologist BS? by ConceptJunkie · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Good god, I think I'm voting for a Democrat for the first time in my life. That's how far the Republicans have fallen.

    Don't do it... just remember, the Democrats have fallen just as far... they are beating the same old dead horse of all the stupid, failed politics of the mid 20th century and calling it "change". Who is worse, the party that promises to do smart things and then does stupid things, or the party who simply promises to do stupid things? Do you hope they are lying? Trust me, both parties are beyond repair.

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    You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
  3. Re:What's with the TSA apologist BS? by jackbird · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Actually, McCain has released a detailed rundown of his healthcare plan, and it's totally batshit crazy.