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Public Category - Open to Public => GENERAL TECHNOLOGY NEWS => Topic started by: Dingo on July 15, 2013, 06:56:55 PM

Title: The Zero Gravity Coffee Cup
Post by: Dingo on July 15, 2013, 06:56:55 PM
July 15, 2013:  High above our planet in the realm of satellites and space stations, the familiar rules of Earth do not apply. The midday sky is as black as night. There is no up and no down. Dropped objects do not fall, and hot air does not rise.
Of all the strange things that happen up there, however, it is possible that the strangest happens to coffee.

Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZYsOG60dKQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZYsOG60dKQ)

Full story : http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/15jul_coffeecup/ (http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/15jul_coffeecup/)