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Old 12-06-2009, 7:55 PM   #1
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Zero Gravity Water Bubble
YouTube - Zero Gravity Water Bubble
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Old 12-06-2009, 7:59 PM   #2
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Re: Zero Gravity Water Bubble
WOW
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Old 12-06-2009, 7:59 PM   #3
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Re: Zero Gravity Water Bubble
I wonder what keeps the international space station in an orbit and not flying off at a tangenet into space? Gravity perhaps? "Zero gravity" does not exist.

Cool vid though!

/coat
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Old 12-06-2009, 8:02 PM   #4
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Re: Zero Gravity Water Bubble
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I wonder what keeps the international space station in an orbit and not flying off at a tangenet into space? Gravity perhaps? "Zero gravity" does not exist.

Cool vid though!

/coat
The earth gravity. It's weaker out in space. Enough to keep the big metal thing in safe orbit.
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Re: Zero Gravity Water Bubble
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The earth gravity. It's weaker out in space. Enough to keep the big metal thing in safe orbit.
You must have had your sarcasm radar off today Singh400!!
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Old 12-06-2009, 8:06 PM   #6
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Re: Zero Gravity Water Bubble
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You must have had your sarcasm radar off today Singh400!!
Oh ****.

/me facepalm.

It's back on now
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Old 12-06-2009, 8:24 PM   #7
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Re: Zero Gravity Water Bubble
Awesome video footage.

Unfortunately the narrator would probably make me nod off and miss the Big Bang if he'd been doing live coverage of the start of the Universe.

Not that I could do better I hasten to add.
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Old 12-06-2009, 8:49 PM   #8
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Re: Zero Gravity Water Bubble
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Awesome video footage.

Unfortunately the narrator would probably make me nod off and miss the Big Bang if he'd been doing live coverage of the start of the Universe.

Not that I could do better I hasten to add.
its like a horse race commentator but about a bubble of water - hes very annoying

it looks cool though
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Old 12-06-2009, 9:15 PM   #9
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Re: Zero Gravity Water Bubble
I am sure I saw the same thing on Paul Daniels about 25 years ago.
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Old 13-06-2009, 10:13 AM   #10
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Re: Zero Gravity Water Bubble
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Unfortunately the narrator would probably make me nod off and miss the Big Bang if he'd been doing live coverage of the start of the Universe.
Just said similar here.....that guy could send an insomniac to sleep.
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Old 13-06-2009, 10:27 AM   #11
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Re: Zero Gravity Water Bubble
Looks cool, the best thing to come out of the ISS for the moment, IMO.

On a related note, try youtubing cats in zero-G, the russians let a cat into one of their "vomit comets" and the results were...weird.

Jas.
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Old 15-06-2009, 10:28 AM   #12
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Re: Zero Gravity Water Bubble
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The earth gravity. It's weaker out in space. Enough to keep the big metal thing in safe orbit.
Sorry - in my on-going crusade to correct the world about gravity, it's nothing to do with how strong or weak gravity is, just about going at the right speed to be in continuous free-fall around the earth. If you went fast enough, you could orbit close to a black hole - you'd want to make sure you got your sums right though.

Also see http://www.avforums.com/forums/general-chat/787763-not-lot-people-know-2.html#post7319063

Right, back on-topic: Cool bubble
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Old 15-06-2009, 11:44 AM   #13
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Re: Zero Gravity Water Bubble
very cool stuff

txs for sharing
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Old 15-06-2009, 12:17 PM   #14
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Re: Zero Gravity Water Bubble
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If you went fast enough, you could orbit close to a black hole - you'd want to make sure you got your sums right though.


Read quite a few blogs about orbiting black holes, some interesting views and predictions come from them, of course it's all crazy thinking!
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Old 15-06-2009, 12:59 PM   #15
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Re: Zero Gravity Water Bubble
I'm looking forward to the first 'spherical swimming pool'! Now that would be awesome. Probably wont happen in my lifetime though.
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Old 15-06-2009, 1:37 PM   #16
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Re: Zero Gravity Water Bubble
Very interesting! The bubbles inside the bubble seem to be experiencing drag, and slowing down.. what causes the drag, and slows them down?
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Old 15-06-2009, 1:45 PM   #17
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Re: Zero Gravity Water Bubble
quote of the day

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... a bubble war... a bi-polar situation with two large bubbles that rapidly eat all the other bubbles, and eventually... one bubble dominates the other bubble
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excellent post, interesting bubble and made me slightly giggle at the bubble quote above

bubble...

will you stop saying bubble?
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Old 15-06-2009, 1:56 PM   #18
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Very interesting! The bubbles inside the bubble seem to be experiencing drag, and slowing down.. what causes the drag, and slows them down?
Friction?
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Old 16-06-2009, 4:32 PM   #19
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I'm looking forward to the first 'spherical swimming pool'! Now that would be awesome. Probably wont happen in my lifetime though.
what if it was solid in the middle and only 70% water would that do?
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what if it was solid in the middle and only 70% water would that do?
Technically, I think you mean 0.13%
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