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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."
Not if you're american, no. Some other cultures are less prudish (typically the same ones that are totally horrified by the disgusting american glorification of violence. Seriously, what the hell is wrong with you guys? You see nothing wrong with showing people blown to meaty chunks, and have national hysteria about nipples with (admittedly unsightly) thingies on them?)