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Water Droplets In Orbit On the International Space Station

Posted by Unknown on Tuesday February 7, 2012 @12:03AM from the can-i-be-an-astronaut-when-i-grow-up dept.

BuzzSkyline writes "Astronaut Don Pettit, who is aboard the International Space Station right now, puts charged water droplets into wild orbits around a knitting needle in the microgravity environment of the ISS. A video he made of the droplets is the first in a series of freefall physics experiments that he will be posting in coming months."

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What could possibly go wrong by ThatsNotPudding · 2012-02-07 00:15 · Score: 4, Funny

...into wild orbits around a knitting needle in the microgravity environment of the ISS
Could be worse I guess; ridged potato chips, for instance.
1. Re:What could possibly go wrong by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-07 00:26 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Watch out! They're ruffled!
Re:Depression by SJHillman · 2012-02-07 00:17 · Score: 5, Funny

Don't worry, it will get better when they post the videos of microgravity sex experiments.
Re:Depression by SJHillman · 2012-02-07 04:15 · Score: 4, Funny

The space program is really really great
For porn
I've got fast rockets so I don't have to wait
For porn
There's always some new planet
For porn!
I experiment all day and night
For porn!
It's like I'm flying at the speed of light
For porn!