Alka-Seltzer in Space.

By Alex in Video Clips on Jan 26, 2007 at 5:08 pm

What do you get when you add Alka-Seltzer to a spherical water drop in microgravity?

Expedition Six NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit performs a series of microgravity experiments with water spheres and effervescent antacid tablets. In the second of four videos, Pettit inserts a tablet into a 50-millimeter sphere and observes the fizzy results.

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CK
Jan 26th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
And this is what we pay taxes for…. Billions of dollars spent on the Space program so some Astronauts can play with alkaseltzer…. I want my money back
cybele
Jan 26th, 2007 at 10:02 pm
I don’t mind my money spent on that at all. In fact, I liked it so much, I’ll refund CK’s share of the experiment.
ND
Jan 27th, 2007 at 1:36 am
Awesome.
Jenny
Jan 27th, 2007 at 11:54 am
Very cool
Jenny
Jan 27th, 2007 at 11:55 am
P.S., CK: Personally, I think this is a much better investment than the war in Iraq…
CK
Jan 27th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
Jenny, Agreed. But I can think of a dozen better things to spend a million or two on. Am I wrong?

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