Cleaning up after eating in microgravity

[vidwatcher2468]

its seems like you expend more energy cleaning up after eating than you get from eating itself.

[Emejapazco]

I would take the lid off the can, then the base off the can and then you are left with two thin discs of metal and a circular ring which can be flattened much easier and more efficiently.

[xkruulx]

@Emejapazco you can't take the base of a can off without a saw.

[Emejapazco]

@xkruulx Hmm, unless the base was constructed a similar way to the top? (As in, it could be taken off, like the top) It may cost a couple more pennies to make but it'd be essential for compacting the rubbish.

[aserta]

well liquid items should be brougth in plastic bags, why would u bring a metal can?

i taught weigth is an ishue, and if it's not then the safest way to crush a can is using the...can opener as a pair of pliers.

[metamaterial]

I don't know... the skin of your hands has a much better grip than can opener handles do. In exchange for leverage you'll get a decent chance of a rousing minute of spontaneous food pong.

[soccerkrzy]

Aluminum is very light.

[aserta]

yes BUT when u talk about space even aluminium isn't ligth enough.

a good example would be my two bikes,

one is from aluminium 6061.

the other is carbon fiber and that is ligth so..in the quest for ligther materials why would u bring something heavy where there is a cheaper alternative, with same results in our case here the canned food

[miguethekiller]

I agree with you only with the part of the weight

[hondac55]

You're just another jerk who wants to make somebody feel bad because you feel bad, why don't you take it out on yourself, or at least bottle it up for later on your family.

[humanman951]

or get a can crusher

or jump on it

oh wait scratch that last you cant jump on it

youll just fly the other way

[sammyboi1453]

OR you could just open the window

[fossil98]

lol

[Hiro252]

looool

[gameoverboys12345]

wow, thats alot of work for just eating a snack...

[PattyMMelt]

Holy crap dude @ 2:00

Friggin squeezin that pretty hard, huh?

lol, this was really cool though :D

[Thejournalist2007]

lolz...Honestly let's them a can crusher. I'm afraid someone is going to get hurt. :) The water recycling is pretty neat. The other comments on this one are heart warming. I wanna go too! Thx Dr. Ben.

[clown134]

thats so amazing

[gizzad]

i cant believe this guy is showing me how to crush a freakin can...come on! float something.

[ercsi14]

yea but no so cheap

i think it needs 100 years minimum or something...

but will someone live in 2100? (i mean wars, nukes and that global thing) i really dont know...

[CheeseBon]

yeah i wanna try it to some day. soon it will be much cheaper to go into orbit than it is now. yay cant wait

[blakeyboy2]

i wonder what its like coming back to Earth after being in space for 6 months, i bet u feel realy, realy heavy. hmmmm i wanna try it one day,

[ehack87]

you lose something like 30% of your muscle mass in a week up there, that's why they have rigorous exersize routines up there

[blakeyboy2]

yeah i know that, but actually feeling gravity for the first time in six months has gotta be pretty wierd, ha ha.