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Alka Seltzer in outer space

In case you were wondering, what happens when you add an Alka Seltzer to a spherical water drop in microgravity. Pretty cool:

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February 12, 2008

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fyi - cool, but old (March 2003)

February 13, 2008 by Anonymous, 1 year 38 weeks ago
Comment id: 27509

this is a neat video, certainly, but it's been knocking around on the net for a few years. it's from research Petit did in 2003.

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/video/station/expedition6/ndxpage4.html

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February 12, 2008 by Anonymous, 1 year 38 weeks ago
Comment id: 27485

I don't think this is spam, since we don't have ads or any other benefit to increased viewership...

Our company built this site for NASA a while back, before they started to cut back on science funding. We'll serve it until the bitter end.

http://70.89.156.169/space_phys/modules/index.html
Fluid Phenomena, Teaching Resources has a couple of more videos and some cool photos and presentations.

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Not "Plop, plop. Fizz, Fizz"...

February 12, 2008 by Fred Bortz, 1 year 38 weeks ago
Comment id: 27483

But Fizz, fizz. Pop! Pop!

Neat-o!

Fred Bortz -- Science and technology books for young readers (www.fredbortz.com) and Science book reviews (www.scienceshelf.com)

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