Alka-Seltzer added to sheat of water in microgravity

Saturday Morning Science:
Alka-Seltzer added to sheat of water in microgravity onboard the International Space Station.

(March 22, 2003) --- Expedition Six NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit performs a series of microgravity experiments with water spheres and effervescent antacid tablets. In the last of four videos, Pettit inserts an antacid tablet into a thin film of water and compares the results with those of previous tests.

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[Hoglund]

Billions of dollars spent on the Internet just so you could whine... I think it was well worth it, you?

[curexcult]

oh yea im sure all 6 billion people will leave the earth at one time. plz will you use common sense. cuz im almost certain theres no way even in the far future will 6 billion people ever fit into a single space craft and take off of the planet. and no one ever said that all 6 billion peope would leave the earth but one day it will be certain that people will no longer just be living on earth and such things like the ISS are needed to figure out how to create colonys in space or other planets

[MrFaneh]

would take centuriessssss to get to another planet (good one, mars is shit), if you go now, you great-great-great-great-grands­ons might enjoy it

[aerowenn]

@curexcult The ISS is primarily for microgravity research... not exploring colonization of space. It's low Earth orbit and requires boosting to counter small atmospheric drag... a "colonization" large enough would experience even more drag, and require more "babysitting", not worth it.

[maxinpains]

this is funny to see i could imagined the result but it's nice to see it happning right infront of eyes

[brianmanp]

laugh now, but this experiment could be a crucial step in long-term space travel, or new technologies

[Neilsaccount55555]

this is sooo cool

[agentkungeh]

the guys under me have to stop having there little intellectual cockfight

[monekyjumble]

lol sheat

[violetmatthers]

These can be VERY helpful and useful and if you are too thick to even understand that? then you need to return to elementary school! This arsto- at least made use of his off time ,and personally it was great!

[jmanchickabow]

i get that... haha it was a joke... i am ALL for the space program!

[ThirdSon13]

These were done in his personal time. Each astronaut has personal time to do what he or she wants. Part of keeping their 'sanity' up there. Otherwise, their time is somewhat completely planned to optimize their presence on orbit.