Zero G Waterballoon Popping =)

Koshaw · Post by **Koshaw** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:08 am

http://microgravity.grc.nasa.gov/balloon/blob.htm

Lone_Wolf · Post by **Lone_Wolf** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 2:27 pm

That's cool! A good waste of time link

Is this what NASA spends all our money on? J/K. It's still cool.

Hamster · Post by **Hamster** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 2:32 pm

So...this is what our tax dollars go to?

Scott Gardener · Post by **Scott Gardener** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 10:57 pm

(scuse me--wrong topic; I'm cutting and pasting this where it needs to go.)

Lupin · Post by **Lupin** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:01 pm

NASA wrote:The tests were conducted in part to develop the ability to rapidly deploy large liquid drops by rupturing an enclosing membrane

I wonder what they were doing that requres large liquid drops. And what would happen if they did this in actual space, with the vacuum freezing temps and all.

Koshaw · Post by **Koshaw** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 8:39 am

Dunno heh...well we are essentially big sacks of water (cells) maybe doing this tells scientists what happens and how cells rupture in Zero G? No clue but it sure is neat looking ^^

Hearth · Post by **Hearth** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 10:32 am

I see...

Funny. I think that those astronauts have far too much time in their hands...

:cyborg3:

Terastas · Post by **Terastas** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 12:25 pm

Lone_Wolf wrote:That's cool! A good waste of time link Is this what NASA spends all our money on? J/K. It's still cool.

Probably just something to keep the astronauts entertained and to give us something to smirk at while their working on their more hush-hush projects like maintenance for government satellites and such. It's not like water balloons are that hard to transport or make -- any 3rd-grader could tell you that.

Lupin · Post by **Lupin** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 12:28 pm

Terastas wrote:Probably just something to keep the astronauts entertained and to give us something to smirk at while their working on their more hush-hush projects like maintenance for government satellites and such. It's not like water balloons are that hard to transport or make -- any 3rd-grader could tell you that.

That wasn't done in space though. It was done in a large jet plane