What happens when you wring out a washcloth in zero gravity?
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
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That is cool. I’m always surprised that the interior shots of ISS look like a high – tech trash heap.
Blair,
I have always preferred to compare spacecraft and space stations to submarines. Both are compact pressure vessels in the middle of inhospitable environments. (Except water, towels, microphones, etc. don’t float in mid-air as well inside submarines.)
As for the look of a high-tech trash heap: it looks like a compact version of most of the labs I have worked in.
Oh. I just made your point for you.
It is a trip to see how water acts in space.
Rather amazing that our body can process it internally and it is no wonder that there are problems absorbing nutrients. Well, there is lots of wonder but it isn’t surprising that we would have difficulty in an environment so different from the one we evolved in.