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Astronauts and ground technicians are worried about a new problem.
 
It seems that the Japanese module added to the space station is sooooo big that if someone floats weightlessly out into the middle of the "room" they could simply get stuck floating there with nothing to grasp for momentum.
 
There were articles all over the place yesterday about this dilemma. Something to fill the gap left by the solution of the toilet problem.
 
But - being the layman that I am - I can't help but wonder...if an object is floating weightless in the middle of empty space, doesn't a tiny bit of propulsion get it moving again?
 
I mean, wouldn't a simple fart start me across the room again?
 
At the very least, they could try Lauren Becall's suggestion and "put your lips together and blow."


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  • HoleInTheCosmos said on Jun 10, 2008....
    I believe you're referring to this:
     
     
    And indeed the problem may be more complicated that you give credit for. There are fans pushing air toward the center of the room offsetting any efforts to merely "blow" your way out of it. The power needed to blow free of the currents would equal methane produced by the consumption of 72 ounces of black beans.
     
    Therefore, astronauts aboard the space station need cans of beans strapped to their utility belts constantly to assure full mobility.
     
  • TheUndergroundEagle said on Jun 10, 2008....
    Would it be that hard to get a tow?
  • sweetnessorange said on Jun 13, 2008....
    hee hee
  • dreamweaverx said on Jun 26, 2008....
    i went in for gas at a station in space.There was 2 much room,but I was given a can of beans and told to fart.
  • RollingC said on Jul 13, 2008....
    Hmmmm.....getting stuck in the middle of the spacious space station and having to blow your way out of the middle. 
     Are we talking blow job here ?
    What were the designer engineers thinking ?
    :^)
    Rc

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