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Microgravity Coffee Cup

Posted by timothy on from the shattering-all-my-conceptions dept.

BuzzSkyline writes "Despite the fact that astronauts have been eating and drinking out of tubes for decades, it's actually possible to drink from an open-top cup in space. Astronaut Don Pettit recently downlinked a video that shows him slurping coffee from a cup he kludged out of plastic sheet. It appears to work pretty much like a cup on Earth, even in freefall aboard the International Space Station, thanks to capillary action."

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  1. 6 astronauts, 1 cup. by Vandil+X · · Score: 4, Funny

    Rule 34, baby.

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    Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, START
    1. Re:6 astronauts, 1 cup. by Dyinobal · · Score: 4, Funny

      You did not...See this is why we can't have nice things people! This is why we can't have nice things.