What happens when you wring out a washcloth in space?

[shawn703]

Thought this was pretty cool!

[procon]

1. WOW!

That was fun!

[rsmith6621]

2. Thanks for sharing..

[donco]

3. wonder what

would happen if some of that floating water floated into an electrical circuit?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. You're grounded!

[CrispyQ]

23. ~lol.

Good one.

[anAustralianobserver]

6. Yeah I saw a loose drop or two flying off.

I guess the air conditioning/filtration would dry it out after a while, but it was a bit alarming to see loose water. I guess the critical circuits (and maybe the mic) are water-proofed.

[VWolf]

7. Unsalinated water is a rather poor conductor n/t

[anAustralianobserver]

5. Excuse me Space, could you hold the mic for me for a minute?

[dickthegrouch]

22. They all say it's hard to re-learn not dropping things after they return

I definitely did'nt expect that. Surface tension is a wonderful thing.

[anAustralianobserver]

24. That's interesting. Note to self: don't hand returned astronauts my tablet computer.

It surprised me too. If you wrung it out faster, I guess a number of balls of water would have floated away slowly that you could catch.

[bbinacan]

8. So cool! n/t

[Hotler]

9. That is WAY cool. Thanks for sharing. n/t

[BlueJazz]

10. Love, Love it !

[rurallib]

11. couple of little boys I know are going to have to see this.

[calimary]

12. Nothing I could have predicted!

I was expecting something entirely different from what happened!

[Generic Other]

13. I figured it would turn into water bubbles

not at all prepared to see it stick to him like slug slime.

[Poll_Blind]

15. Yeah, that's sort of what I guessed would happen. The real effect is much cooler. Trippy! nt

PB

[Poll_Blind]

14. My son and I watched a couple of videos of his. Very awesome! nt

PB

[Left Coast2020]

16. Cool.

Now go have a beer eh!

I just love my neighbors to the North.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ot70G4wSQi0

[customerserviceguy]

17. Thanks, that was fun!

At the end, you can see his wristwatch bouncing around his wrist.

[OnyxCollie]

18. Ha! Ha!

Again!

[Indyfan53]

19. Science is awesome!

[AtheistCrusader]

20. This guy is too awesome by half.

I'm glad he's in command of the space station right now. A fine human being.

[Jim Lane]

21. From the caption I thought it meant outside, i.e., in a vacuum.

If you did this at zero gravity plus a vacuum, would the surface tension still hold the water into that shape? My guess is that the water would "explode" into little droplets radiating in all directions, but I'm not sure.