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How to Drink Coffee in Space

NASA astronaut Don Pettit builds a coffee cup that works in a weightless environment out of a piece of plastic and some tape

  • swong32
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  • Date 11/26/2008 10:36:19 PM
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sojurn : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

sojurn

73 votes NegativePositive

44 days 7 hours ago...

Who would have thought so much math goes into making a cup for space.

TumbleCow : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

TumbleCow

Hidden (Show Comment) -46 votes

44 days 7 hours ago...

The world is going bankrupt and about to collapse on itself and this is what your astronauts are doing. So you dont have to suck it out of a bag...but ur just fucking sucking it out of a plastic cup that looks like a bag!

KCTron : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

KCTron

Hidden (Show Comment) -40 votes

44 days 5 hours ago...

wow. they think that needed to be shown to the world? what a genius...

gordon85 : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

gordon85

Hidden (Show Comment) -34 votes

44 days 2 hours ago...

this could also be from the onion^^

HairyLikeAnimal : LVL 29: VP 3.8: said:

HairyLikeAnimal

72 votes NegativePositive

43 days 9 hours ago...

i dunno, i thought it was a neat idea, the liquid always rises to that one part of the top because of its shape. fuck all you haters, your just jealous because your not smart enough to design airplane wing cups

dilated : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

dilated

Hidden (Show Comment) -22 votes

43 days 5 hours ago...

looks like a pretty pathetic cup of coffee to me

qpham90 : LVL 15: VP 2.4: said:

qpham90

44 votes NegativePositive

43 days 5 hours ago...

iono... from 1:54 onwards, he might as well be suckin it from a bag `cause that`s what it looks like hes doing.

vee445 : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

vee445

32 votes NegativePositive

43 days 5 hours ago...

I`m too big to go to space. :(

And too stupid. :(

amithar : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

amithar

24 votes NegativePositive

43 days 4 hours ago...

I like the principal behind this. With the surface tension always forcing the liquid to the thin side of the cup but this it completely pointless in application. how is this any different than using a bag? honestly!! still fun to watch though.

akz : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

akz

5 votes NegativePositive

43 days 4 hours ago...

I wonder how much tax dollars it took to make " the bag" :p.

EA_GaMeR : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

EA_GaMeR

51 votes NegativePositive

43 days 4 hours ago...

wait until a woman astronaut spill it

rhuitron : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

rhuitron

4 votes NegativePositive

43 days 3 hours ago...

That very interesting!
I am actually going through a BUNCH of applications that they needed to think about.
Such as their engine fluids. Hydrolic fluids.

You know Nasa is smart. But it`s when you see/think about the crazy shit they had to Surpass, that makes you ohhh and Ahhhh.

5/5 for the video.

Plus EA Gamer, +10 for you!

proctor@internode.on.net : LVL 19: VP 2.8: said:

proctor@internode.on.net

12 votes NegativePositive

43 days 1 hour ago...

all this for a caffeine hit, goddamn junkies

BiLLdo : LVL 13: VP 2.2: said:

BiLLdo

-2 votes NegativePositive

43 days 1 hour ago...

g/j you made a drinkable cup in outer space

just use the bag and stop bitchin

1og0s : LVL 14: VP 2.3: said:

1og0s

2 votes NegativePositive

43 days 1 hour ago...

Only the ego would differentiate drinking coffee from a cup or coffee from a bag /sigh

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