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Alka-Seltzer Added to Spherical Water Drop in Microgravity (Space Shuttle Experiment)
YouTube ^ | 1/11/2007 | NASA

Posted on 01/10/2007 10:43:14 PM PST by Dallas59

Expedition Six NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit performs a series of microgravity experiments with water spheres and effervescent antacid tablets. In the second of four videos, Pettit inserts a tablet into a 50-millimeter sphere and observes the fizzy results.



TOPICS: Astronomy; Conspiracy; Science; UFO's
KEYWORDS: alkaseltzer; experiment; spaceshuttle; yourtaxdollarsatwork
What happens when you combine Alka Seltzer and water in Zero Gravity???

Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz.....

1 posted on 01/10/2007 10:43:16 PM PST by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59

Well, that's a relief.


2 posted on 01/10/2007 11:00:07 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Dallas59

I can't believe I watched the whole thing.


3 posted on 01/10/2007 11:02:16 PM PST by oblomov (Progress is precisely that which the rules and regulations did not foresee. - von Mises)
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To: Dallas59
That was pretty cool. This was my favorite part:

Looks like a martian.

4 posted on 01/11/2007 6:44:27 AM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Dallas59

To0 paraphrase Carl Sagan, "Billions and billions" (of taxpayer dollars spent on this).


5 posted on 01/11/2007 7:17:53 AM PST by BenLurkin
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Kelso: "It says here that astronauts get all the 'Tang they want!"


6 posted on 03/04/2007 8:18:50 PM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, February 19, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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