How Does The Space Cup Work?
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It took 50 years for NASA to find this design as no engineers had seen anything like it.
True.
That explains why engineers have so few kids.
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"the Russians used a pencil". Like John Wick to kill 3 men, ha-ha.
It took one brilliant astronaut, Don Pettit, to design this, with some scavenged Mylar sheeting and Kapton tape, while in orbit.
This cup has me feeling astronaughty
HGAHAHAHA
why naughty, though??
That joke is astro not.
😂😂
@@sirkurac3971Why naught? 😂
I came straight to the comments and they didn’t disappoint
You came, you say?
the genius v cup .. one little step where noone was before .. for the boomer so he believes ..
I came in the comments too
this guy looks like brian kohberger
@@obtix "no one" is two words. When youu treat it like one word it sounds like noon (time of day) + the sound "ee" at the end.
“The liquid will naturally climb up the crack”
I know it all too well
BAHAAHHHA
woah buddy
Elcalated faster than an escalater
It took them 50 years to figure this out and I know it every day...
What impresses me is how they can toss the cup to each other, with a spin, and not have the liquid splash out. It's impressive what surface tension can do without gravity opposing it.
"NERD!"
@@victorfinngall3911😡
“If we wanna drink” -hard cut to him absolutely GUZZLING water-
hydro homie
why does he drink with his tongue like that😂
lmao he slams it for no reason
@@maxxeddd That's how you treat a lady.
Hes got me over here blocking this channel, so I don't EVER accidently click on something like this again!
0:25 - i thought you were about to say "and thanks to gravity for sponsoring this video" :D
My parents said if I reach 10k, they'd buy me a professional camera for recording... Pls guys Im
literally begging you!.
My parents said if I reach 10k, they'd buy me a professional camera for recording... Pls guys Im
literally begging you!.
Best comment so far😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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@@MbitaChizi Go back to your work at McDonalds.
- Dad
First thing I thought of before even watching was utilizing surface tension. It felt nice to feel smart for a minute for the first time in months. Now time to go back to my factory job.
Right there with ya bro, I had the same thought and I work at a cattle feed mill.
I’m retired military “knuckle dragger” helicopter mechanic, but I did help develop some NASA ideas when I would hang out with them while I borrowed their heat treating oven for my parts! I even helped brainstorm some ideas for toileting!
You were pretty Smart. Congratulations
Most solutions are obvious once you find a problem that needs a solution.
My second favorite part about education is already knowing the answer. My favorite is learning them.
It amazes me how you always find something interesting to show
Astronaut inventor of this cup, Donald Pettit, is an Eagle Scout from Oregon. I recently taught my Cub Scout Den about him and this cup.
I know that it looks funny, but it's honestly incredibile how sometimes the best solution to a problem is so "simple". Human ingenuity at its finest.
The stole the design from nature 🤣
I completely agree! It's amazing how often the simplest solutions turn out to be the most effective. Human ingenuity never ceases to amaze me. It's a great reminder that sometimes we don't need complex answers to solve our problems
@@alfiedotwtf what, is nature gonna sue us? we learn and "steal" from nature all the time
Astronaut Don Pettit invented this while aboard the ISS using some Mylar sheeting and Kapton tape. On another flight he repurposed some "spare" parts and a cordless screwdriver to create a barn door tracker, a type of camera mount that can compensate for either the Earth's rotation on land, or a space craft's orbital velocity. Using this he was the first to capture sharp images of cities lit by their own artificial light at night from orbit.
Don Pettit is scheduled to return to the ISS in September for his fourth ISS mission.
cool
Thx!
He also wrote a funny blog from the perspective of a zucchini plant that he grew on the ISS called “Diary of a Space Zucchini” and a photo book of pictures he took from space called Spaceborn
According to his Wiki that cup was the first invention in space to receive a patent
😂
I like the idea that an orbit is just falling and missing repeatedly. We should celebrate every 6 months that we fell to the other side of the sun without getting burned up.
We did celebrate it, its just we celebrated it when we more or less come back to where we started, its called new year🎉
@@raymondcahyadi3094 Or a birthday!
@@raymondcahyadi3094 and every 4 years we celebrate making multiple cycles without becoming too crispy, by adding a whole entire day to the calendar.
@@jerrylim6722 Well not *every* four years. 3 out of every 4 centuries we skip the leap for the last year of the century. (1900 wasn't a leap year, and 2100 won't be a leap year.) We just happen to live in that one out of every four centuries where there was no century skip of the leap year.
I would say, an orbit is just falling without the body you are orbiting around getting in your way. When you throw an object on the surface of the Earth, the object eventually intersects the Earth and prevents it from falling any further. If there was no atmosphere and you could throw the object fast enough, it would go around the Earth and hit you on the back at the same speed you threw it (Rest In Peace). Falling/Orbiting objects mostly just keep going around the body that it is falling towards, as opposed to heading towards the centre of the body. It's actually very difficult to get anything to fall straight into the Sun to get burned up, because you would need to slow the object down a lot before it can fall towards the Sun such that it intersects the surface of the Sun. This takes a lot of fuel.
1:15 now I realize that the work of Howard from Big Bang Theory as a "space plumber" was actually not quite as bad as presented in the show
Even space can't escape the V...... Everyone loves a good one.
As those space cups are defying gravity, they are planning a cosmic tea party without us.
We want a Cup of liber -tea
Now what would the flat earthers say about this?
@@manowand helldivers reference maybe?
in space, what gravity is there to defy?
@@thedeliveryboy1123 wait yeah you right
The description of the ISS being in constant freefall reminded me of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy; flying being the art (or rather, knack) of throwing oneself at the ground and missing. Basically, what the ISS is doing. 😂😂
I like that you find really thoughtful ways to demonstrate phenomena. Very creative.
fluid dynamics is always fascinating
Amazing. Now I want to know more about that toilet.
THAT TOILET IS TERRIFYING
Not the cupsy
Cupussy?
Of course, of fucking course. 😂
nuh uh 💀💀💀
Never cook again
did you really have to?
My wife has a cup exactly like this one
LOL
Where do you think they got these from?
And you can do more than drink from it.
@@grayrabbit2211 find a milf.
😅@@grayrabbit2211
Such a simple and elegant solution! Beautiful ❤️😍
1:23 FINALLY... I managed to see the ISS toilet 😂
... now it only remains to see the Crew Dragon toilet!
00:37 bro absolutely devoured it
I like the look of that cup very much.
Everything reminds you of her
Special shape you say.
"we should be able to see the water climb up the crack " 😂😂😂 well..that cracked me up
Great invention! Pretty versatile as well...
At 3:05 the way he dropped the cup just made me feel that it was going to break but all the joy was off when he held it by his hand😅😂
A little bit off topic here, but I love the Dr Pepper shirt!
Back on topic, that is really awesome to know about that cup and how it works.. I only knew kind of how it worked because I've been watching this channel for a very very long time and I truly enjoy the information I learned from it.
Thank you for taking the time to film, edit, and post these videos.
Back to the Dr. Pepper: Can they have carbonated drinks in space? I wonder what would happen if they tried to drink a Dr. Pepper?
Water be tasting a little funky with this cup 😋
"i think i have seen that shape somewhere 🤔" - little timmy
Duo going wild
Duo is getting wild nowadays
It is third time I'm seeing duo today.
@@anzaklaynimation do ur lessons already 😠
3:19
Its so amazing to be an astronaut like THEY ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE THE SPEACIAL GROCERIES instead of their mom hiding it for the time of guests arrival.
ITS ALMOST LIKE THEY ARE SOME KIND OF HIGH END PEOPLE THAT ARE MORE SPECIAL THAN NORMAL PEOPLE
As an intergalactic species of (what is known to your people as) the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy, I can confirm what you say in 0:51 is very true. Only our privileged force-sensitive younglings have early opportunity at young age to appreciate gravity during space summer camp.
I love this comment
3:09 is SOOO satisfying
2:58 That isn't orbit....it's just falling with style!!!
That’s why there should be spinning space stations. Bcos if they spin, and your not directly on the axis that it spins on, you feel gravity. Like in a carousel you feel sideways gravity
This is shown in a lot of sci fi movies. Yes, it would work. I think the limitation is just cost and complexity. It would need to be rather strong, structurally. I'm sure something like that will be built eventually.
Another problem I see with this (I may be wrong) in order to spin fast enough to make artificial gravity, you would have to spin the station extremely fast, which could cause motion sickness unless the station was really really big (again I know literally nothing about this, this is my educated guess on the subject)
@@Sup_Aqualine369No motion sickness, because you wouldn't feel "motion", you'd just feel gravity. As long as the station was big enough and you were far enough away from the spin axis.
Not plausible enough to even build it bruh
@@daphenomenalz4100 Why is it not plausible, "bruh"? My understanding is that it's totally plausible, just not pragmatic.
Always love your videos! Thanks for always providing such fun interesting content! :)
I’ve seen a few of these videos which I really enjoy, but it looks like just speaking is painful for him.
Fight on brother!
You could demonstrate the effect without zero gravity by using two immiscible liquids of the same density for example oil and a water alcohol mixture. Submerse the cup containing the liquid with higher surface tension in the other liquid to get the same effect as zero gravity.
Thats.. Just simply brilliant!
Not me violating the cup every time I take a sip💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
At the start of the mission there is a disclaimer stating that every sip you take is consensual
Underrated joke right there
Thnx
I love science!
no u
I wish I had youtube and watching the action lab when I was 6 yo.... soooo curiosity-fulfilling
this is the best youtube channel ever.
The water climbs up the crack 💀💀
Also a problem after drinking water in space
Crevice
Imagine having diarrhea in space.
@@FerdinandFake does it not cause acid reflux and etc ?
I'm a mature adult...
I'm a mature adult...
I'm a mature adult...
I'm a mature adult...
I'm a mature adult...
I'm a mature adult......
CUPUSSY
lies…
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Whats the matter
"Only the remorse etched onto ones mind, can make one emerge from their pupa."
I'm calling her as we speak
Did she accept?
0:18 It doesn't. You should do a short on how we drink, it's quite interesting: we don't "pour" liquid into our mouth, we create a depression by moving our tongue away from our lips and the atmospheric pressure pushes the liquid into our mouth.
Try drinking minding the movement of your tong, you'll be surprised.
He gets to the point at 2:00
Czechia
gotta love how everyone is thinking the same thing
That's one of the thing that's probably hardcoded in our genes.
There's something wrong with you if you're not thinking of it.
@@deadbeats4894 i guess theres something wrong with me...
@@deadbeats4894damn
@@deadbeats4894 took me a long time to discard such thoughts. twas worth it
Coincidentally.. I think that shape might be very useful for retrieving used liquids from certain body lines and crevices.
2 astronauts 1 space cup
0-0
I don't get it.
@@Soul_Flow_ oh sweet innocent child. Never look it up... You're gonna look it up now aren't ya ☠️
@@Soul_Flow_ You will never look at chocolate ice cream the same way buddy
@@Soul_Flow_ Don't do it! Unless, you're into that kinda stuff 😂
0:24 ULTRA HYDRATED
+2 perception
-1 agility
Hey Action Lab... i was wondering.. lately i've been into the whole survival and bushcraft scene.. and as a person with a physics interest, i was wondering if you could shed some light on Mylar... its properties.. and how to use it properly.. i see many people who keep a spaceblanket in their packs... cars, etc.. and don't know how to use them right... many expect them to reflect heat back through their sleeping gear.. using them on the outside of their sleeping bags or under them... but doesnt' mylar reflect IR light...not radiant heat.. or does a warm blanket give off IR light... what would be the most effective way to utilize Mylar to stay warm... cheers... love the vids.. you cover some very interesting phenomenon ... loved the one you painted the car in the blackest black paint... Kudos
Why am i like this
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@@-aid4084 please explain im so fucking confused
@@whathefuckisthishandle you'll learn in due time, young one...
@@whathefuckisthishandle everyone knows it looks like a cl*tirous*
@@whathefuckisthishandle just woke up so my brain was asleep
This guy was my modivation for science, ThankYou🙏
Motivation
@@mip4422 I've found the issue that people have with comments that correct grammar & spelling are usually because the commenter didn't bother responding to anything to person said. They just correct them.
Imagine listening to another person talk, and then completely disregard what they said to correct a word they used. It's a bit unhinged.
@@JackHalfTheMan Sure, but this is the Internet, not real life in person. In person yeah, it would be weird. On here, not so much.
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You won’t learn if you aren’t corrected. Good luck, you’re doing great with the English language, it’s quite difficult to master.👍👍🙏
Everything reminds me of her. 😢
LOL
Put her out of your mind, Frank.
It's okay little buddy
Its because he says crack isnt it
@@PetarKaserno its shape of the cup 😂
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Some fluid mechanics in space would actually work, like pneumatic systems for hydraulic press, engines technically and even burners (as long as you supply it with a gas to push the liquid fuel) then potentially they could work.
The ISS toilet costs $19 million on earth. I can’t imagine they have a store that selling them in space.
this toilet smells of corruption to me
@@eafadeev Idk but sure is pricey
well why dont they set up a walmart on the moon? save space on rockets to get supplies to wherever nasa needs
@@eafadeev no, it smells of shit
@@eafadeev It's obvious that the toilet doesn't cost $19 million. The research and development of this toilet does.
I almost never forget that almost all of our water systems rely on gravity, that's a big part of why I so heavily advocate developing & using "spin gravity" for space missions.
I heard when astronauts get back to earth they sometimes just let things go because their body thinks it'll stay where they left it
I have a good thought to explore. Drowning in space. If there is a sufficient amount of water, would it stick to your head and be hard to remove?
IIRC an Italian astronaut had this exact problem when her helmet malfunctioned & started leaking water into her face while she was on a spacewalk.
@@RyunoOhi ima have to look that up
Nice!
The shape tells the truth even if they can't
It's one of those magical shapes, there's a reason we find it in nature, just like the Golden Ratio.
He knows what we thinking😂
When you dropped the cup, the water went up and out because of the inertia of the liquid, not because of capillary effect. Same reason water may spill out of a glass if move it sideways too fast.
If it was unaffected by capillary action, it would've flown out in a much larger surface area, like a normal cup dropping
The point was that it went out the pointy part, not the blobby part.
The water and the cup are accelerating at the same rate. If the drop doesn't impart any rotation, the water and cup would experience the exact same inertial reference. Try it with a regular cup it just falls together until it stops or changes direction.
The drop here isn't perfect so more water flows up than should have, however, it still illustrates the concept. As the other post said, it flows out of the pointy bit, and not the bloby but.
Inertia works on the cup and on the water the same when they free-fall. It's not because of intertia.
@@shawn2444 Correct. I'm sure the capillary effect is real and that the cup works, but much of what we are seeing in the video is the effect of the "imperfect drop" that imparted some rotation or lateral acceleration. Thanks to all for comments.
Actually Water Works because the lines are pressurized and constantly flowing and there are several pumps throughout a given City that maintains that pressure. That's why there's usually a boil water advisory after the water is shut off. The pressure has dropped off enough that any minor leaks in the line could allow sediment into the drinking water. Similarly, if you're ever get water from you tap that you will be consuming in some way(drinking, used as an ingredient or boiled to cook food which will absorb some of it), you should always get it from the cold tap and wait till the water is fully cold. That way you know the water is fresh, coming straight from the treatment plant and not sitting stagnant in the lines in your house or water heater.
3:10 i believe the rise in water level is due to inertia rather than the capillary action. The drop experiment ishould be done at much greater height.
This episode made me grateful I don't have to poop in zero-G
2:22 "you don't need a tiny crack or a hole" - I would disagree. ;)
Why are you so dirty minded? 😑
The present invension povides a beverage co- 4:02
I heard -ck
So we can use gravity to generate ENERGY, right?? So, where does the energy come from when something goes from a "higher" to "lower" state in a gravitational field? What are the physics of this effect?
I have a big question. If zero gravity does that with liquids what about our bodies and we drink it and the acid we have in ourselves does that cause the effect with the zero gravity? The same thing goes with the waist with the toilet.What about foods that we eat in ourselves too how do we manage to put it down on our stomachs.
You dont need gravity. You can drink standing up side down. It works with contraction, and push/pulls it
0:17 who the hell sticks their tongue out when drinking!?!?!?
Ur mom
I think that is just the reflection of his bottom lip
@@toucan6109 it’s 2025, you child.
@@PsycoticmushroomYeah who still makes comments like that in 2025. Pathetic.
@Psycoticmushroom being "im le psycho im le crazy" was a mid 2010s thing, pleb
How do you fill the cup in space? If there's no gravity, you can't just pour liquid into it. Which pretty much brings you back to bags with straws.
At 0:26
Step 1: Push the beverage from bag.
Step 2: Move it around with table tennis racquet.
Step 3: Get it in the cup.
Step 4: Enjoy your zero G beverage.
:)
I have to watch this later.
0:16 made that glass of water look so refreshing 😂
sincerely, how does it behave once they swallow it? how does it go down and not just stay in in the upper section of the body (mouth/throat) ?
[1:23] "$19 Million"
*I thought I was ready for the amount.* But was out by about 18 million bucks.
@@hhsyw "You are a millionaire?"
Hell no. And I don't get to outer space from my bathroom.
I figured NASA could easily spend a million bucks on a toilet. But 19 million?! How much would you have guessed a space toilet would cost?
@@Blackmark52 Because it's a unique toilet. NASA engineers have spent most likely months or years to develop this system. That's why it's so damn expensive. The price would drop sharply if this toilet were mass-produced.
@@huckleberryfinn6578 "The price would drop sharply if this toilet were mass-produced."
Ya think?
(But by the time you need a toilet for space travel your RV will probably cost a trillion in today's dollars -- so maybe not.)
@@Blackmark52 Imagine the implications if there were a clog.... an overflow.... a reversal of pressure.... a leak.... a crack.... a disconnect. You do NOT want that happening in Space. It's not like they can just roll the windows down and chuck all the mess outside. That would be very problematic. So yeah, it doesn't actually surprise me that $19 million was spent on toilet development. You know that our Defense Budget is $850 BILLION per year, right?
Surely not $19 million per toilet. I'm guessing the original toilet cost $19 million to design and build.
Either it wasn't made by NASA, and the licensing fees are ridiculous, or 19 million covers the r&d
Internet has corrupted me😂.
How come?
who clicked on the thumbnail just because of the cup?
I know i did 😏
lmao
So I've always wondered, if blood turns red due to oxidation, will blood stay blue in a helium atmosphere? (Assuming this is blood before reaching the lungs) [Will blood from a cut or injury stay blue in a helium atmosphere?]
Thank you for showing me how drinking from a glass works.
Not the space cup, but an actual glass of water at the beginning.
Very interesting. Got me enticed for the rest of the video 😂😂😂
The overengineered cupusy
LMAO WHY IS HE DRINKING THE WATER WITH HIS TONGUE IN THE CUP 😂😂😂 0:18
That looks like his upper lip. It's refracting in the water and happens to be in the same place his tongue would be. When he finishes the drink, you can see it disappearing and only his top lip is still visible.
1:12 Imagine a toilet that costs one-third the price of a Space X Falcon 9 rocket lol
Imagine a toilet that costs more than : The Statue of liberty, 700 premium homes, and a Bugatti ......💀⚰️
I already liked, shared and now i am alsow commenting. I LOVE SCIENCE!
Does it have dynamic surface tension depending on the tilt of the cup?
The opening has a very "interesting" shape.
I think every cultured men should love this part 3:31
0:17 Who tf sticks their tounge out into the cup when they drink? 😂
Hentai waifus.
How does the liquid get to your stomach without getting stuck in you throat if theres is no gravity? How does it go down your throat ?
Muscles
genuine question, how would they fill this cup in zero gravity? like i presume their water bags are prefilled but would they be able to prefill a cup without risking a spill during the initial launch?
Guys, hear me out...
0:37 hot
Cuppusy
Wait, with capillarity the thinner tube gets the water above the water level, could we use that to make a perpetual motion machine?
How do vapors and other solvents react in space?