how water reacts to differnet situations in 0 g's

[T1MT1M]

http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/170937/Water-in-Space.html


Pretty interesting

[Steve M]

Cool, it would be fun to swim through one of those.

[T1MT1M]

you would need a lot of water because every time you pulled through the water to propell yourself forward all of the water would go in the other direction  :D.

[skoker]

You can never swim in that because of newtons laws.

[Fozzer]

You can never swim in that because of neutons laws.

neutons....neutrons...Newtons... ...!



...it's Snot, under a Microscope!... ...!

F.... ...!

[87HondaShadow]

I like that one with the water drops inside a bubble thats inside a sphere.

[T1MT1M]

You can never swim in that because of neutons laws.

Newtons*

I was thinking if you had a large enough body of water in space then you could get some momentum and go straight into it in a streamlined position. Yes the whole body of water would move in the same direction as you at first but then as you swam around in it then the water would move in the opposite direction to you.

[Mushroom_Farmer]

You can never swim in that because of neutons laws.

neutons....neutrons...Newtons... ...!



...it's Snot, under a Microscope!... ...!

F.... ...!

In the 80s, much like Dr. Strangelove, I learned to love neutrons.

[a1]

That is just awesome.


Oh how amazing the hydrogen bonds get demonstrated. I love things that are weightless.

[PerrierBaroudeur]

Newton's laws wouldn't prevent you from swimming in one of those water spheres... not in the least. I don't see where that came from.

Think of it in terms of the physics involved:

In order to swim, a person exerts a force by pushing their hand / foot in the opposite of the direction they want to go. According to Newton's Third Law, the force exerted by the swimmer's hand / foot against the water must equal the force exerted by the water against the swimmer's hand / foot.

[Steve M]

That is just an amazing description! I love physics. And I almost was going say if I can't swim in it, I'll get in it and throw space tools.  

[T1MT1M]

It would be really weird come to think of it of swimming in space because the concept of "sinking" would no longer be present. you would just hang there. Usually you float because of the air in your lungs but in space you can't float to the top. Also when you breath out your bubbles wouldn't go to the top they would also hang there with you in the bubble of water.