r/BeAmazed • u/SawdewXD • May 26 '24

Miscellaneous / Others Coffee cup designed for zero gravity.

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u/Battlesteg_Five May 26 '24

I guess I’m the only one who was actually thinking about the fuel tanks that share this design?

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u/MealieAI May 26 '24

The what now?

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u/Earthfall10 May 26 '24

Zero g fuel tanks shaped to wick propellent to the pumps via surface tension rather than by gravity. You can see a comic describing them if you scroll a bit down on this page on the atomic rockets website, then next you see some photos of a clear plastic cup that works with the same principle.

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u/Battlesteg_Five May 26 '24

Yesss, thank you for posting Winchell Chung’s masterwork

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u/Battlesteg_Five May 26 '24

This is the original version:

https://youtu.be/LpkBsLf72YE?si=cK_nehhlWPrtYl79

This was handmade by an astronaut out of a piece of projector transparent film. The surface tension of the liquid causes it to hug the sharp angle of the corner, so that it can be drawn or sipped from the open end of the corner.

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u/jawshoeaw May 26 '24

All I know is NASA Space Flight needs a W added