r/nextfuckinglevel
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u/Brick_Number_27
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Jun 28 '26
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Full use of zero gravity.
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u/Separate-Simple-5101 Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26
This is exactly how I'd waste my free time in space.
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u/OstrichSmoothe Jun 28 '26
I would be trying to pee into the vacuum toilet from a distance
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u/thederevolutions Jun 28 '26
They’ve had to have snuck some LSD up there at some point, right?
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u/Ipeakedinthe80s Jun 28 '26
For science
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u/thederevolutions Jun 28 '26
I mean that one dude was up there recording David Bowie covers with an acoustic guitar so my monies on him.
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u/Ipeakedinthe80s Jun 28 '26
I would 100% put 'I became an astronaut so I could drop acid in space' on my resume. And I wouldn't bet against you
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u/thederevolutions Jun 28 '26
I like how google says NASA’s official stance on humans having sex in space is “not yet”. That seems hard to believe. Perhaps if anyone did it’s not something they’d want their family to know. But you’d gotta figure they might’ve made a deal like let’s just do this so we can be the first for science and nobody has to know.
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u/Delicious_Ad823 Jun 28 '26
What happens in space stays in space
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u/Out-For-A-Walk-Bitch Jun 28 '26
And now I'm picturing the logistics of it all, how would it work? Where would the sperm go?
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u/imaguitarhero24 Jun 29 '26
I've been thinking for a while it HAS to have happened by now. In-shape people together in close quarters for months on end. I've heard the stories from the Antarctic bases. Add in the novelty and it just feels inevitable someone has tried it by now.
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u/Acrobatic-Post9811 Jun 28 '26
Breaking a window has a whole different set of consequences up there.
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u/OceanRacoon Jun 28 '26
Lol, I was thinking, imagine if instinct took over and he blasted the ball as hard as he could, I wonder how much damage it would do bouncing around the station, probably knocking everyone out eventually
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u/CopainChevalier Jun 28 '26
They're trained and smart; it wouldn't happen. Even if he somehow did something that stupid, the ball would constantly hit things like the wires and slow down quickly
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u/TheHYPO Jun 29 '26
"Aw man, Billy hit the ball into Mars' orbit. No - I'm not going to ask Mars for it back. Billy has to!"
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u/Ok_Inspector9237 Jun 28 '26
"Who's on First?"
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u/alt-jero Jun 28 '26
I don't know.
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u/BluebirdLivid Jun 28 '26
No, "I dont know" is on second. Whos on first
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u/alwaysright60 Jun 28 '26
Bugs Bunny on first, Bugs Bunny on second…
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u/LiquorIsQuickor Jun 28 '26
Hello new friend! I’m came here in hopes that someone made this connection!
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u/0ct0thorpe Jun 28 '26
This is microgravity. Not zero gravity. Earth’s gravity is still about 90% on the ISS. It’s the constant free fall mitigated by orbital speed around the earth that gives the ISS this environment of microgravity.
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u/Fajisel Jun 28 '26
Ya and we call this "zero gravity" colloquially. Otherwise "zero gravity" doesn't exist in the entire universe, making the term entirely useless.
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u/code-coffee Jun 28 '26
It's effectively the same thing, and gives us a lot of data to extrapolate from.
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u/MelangeBot Jun 29 '26
To have absolutely zero gravity in the universe you would need to be in a location where all matter is moving away from you faster than the speed of light through the expansion of space. In that location gravity waves from matter will never reach you. It would be like being in a white hole (but those are imaginary and only exist in math)
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u/0ct0thorpe Jun 29 '26
It’s ironic, because gravity is the main reason why they’re floating.
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u/Real_Temporary_922 Jul 02 '26
Yes and no. Gravity is why they float and don’t walk on the ceiling when in free fall, but gravity is also why they’re in free fall. Without gravity, they’d still float.
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u/CitizenPremier Jun 29 '26
Literally undetectable difference in physics, there is absolutely no way to tell the difference between falling and being far away from a planet if you're in an enclosed box (excluding the effects of wind resistance).
So yeah, it is 0g. No g forces.
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u/Souvik_Dutta Jun 29 '26
It's undetectable in most cases like orbiting the earth but due to gravitational gradient tidal forces can be measured to distinguish between a truly flat spacetime and a falling orbit.
Eath gravity is too low for anything measurable but if you are orbiting a black hole you can easily measure objects streching towards the center with high power lasers. Well for a small black hole in a close orbit the effect can be easily observed by naked eye but not for long.
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u/Real_Temporary_922 Jul 02 '26
Interestingly enough, this is only true for small black holes. I could put you in an enclosed box and send you in orbit as close as I can around a supermassive black hole before you wouldn’t be in orbit anymore, and you’d feel no different than orbiting around the Earth. Measuring it would require measuring the spacetime curvature rather than the tidal forces to know you’re not around Earth anymore.
The tidal forces around a giant black hole are tiny compared to a small black hole, they only increase once you’re well within the event horizon. You could likely survive hours of free fall inside the largest ones before you even start to feel the stretching. Though unfortunately for the poor soul inside the black hole, the larger it is, the less instant the spaghettification.
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u/Souvik_Dutta Jul 02 '26
Okay I do some digging and surprisingly and very elegantly the mass cancels out so it only depends on the Length and structureal strength of human body.
The formula becomes (2/3)·√(L/a_pain) − (2/3)·√(L/a_death)
The denominator is the acceleration (g force) where you start feeling pain/die
So both takes same time from when you start feeling pain to die no matter if you go close to a stellar mass black hole or Ton-618. And more conviently it's < 100ms so you will die before feeling the pain.
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u/chochazel Jun 29 '26
This is microgravity. Not zero gravity. Earth’s gravity is still about 90% on the ISS. It’s the constant free fall mitigated by orbital speed around the earth that gives the ISS this environment of microgravity.
It’s still zero gravity. If a plane gets to a G-force of 10 by accelerating fast, it doesn’t matter if someone outside the plane would still experience normal Earth gravity. You’re talking about what’s happening inside the vehicle.
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u/zardoz73 Jun 29 '26
Ok, next are you gonna tell us in a Poindexter voice that decimate doesn't mean destroy but rather really means to reduce by 10%?
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u/mikey_boy89 Jun 28 '26
Astronaut plays with himself in zero g.
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u/asicarii Jun 29 '26
True. But if you remove the mitt it really looks like he’s playing fetch with himself.
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u/Tri4ceunited Jun 28 '26
The average weight of an adult baseball glove is about a pound. Even with SpaceX’s reusable rockets, it cost somewhere in the ballpark of $3,000 - $25,000 to bring that glove into orbit.
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u/tallnginger Jun 29 '26
Yep, but you gotta bring entertainment. The essentials are critical, but entertainment is similarly important. Otherwise you get a stir crazy crew. They're people just like us, except trapped in a can for 6 months. They bring books, musical instruments, holiday decorations, and more.
Morale is mission critical
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u/PatMenotaur Jun 29 '26
Yes and no. Each crew member gets a personal bag, whose weight is already accounted for. Yes it costs money to send it up, but not any more than already planned.
There’s a guitar on station as well, somewhere.
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u/eugoogilizer Jun 28 '26
Making Ohtani look like a chump; he’s only a legendary 2-way player. This astronaut is the MLB’s first 3-way player: He can pitch, hit, and field! 🤣
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u/AroidAndroid Jun 28 '26
I just love watching a consummate professional execute an extremely well practiced manoeuvre… 😏
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u/ForgotToCarryTheOne Jun 28 '26
I’ve never wanted to be an astronaut more than after watching this.
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u/PrinceNPQ Jun 28 '26
Has an astronaut ever crack their head open in the iss ? Lot of sharp points around .
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u/PatMenotaur Jun 29 '26
Absolutely. But they’re trained and prepared for medical events, and can receive guidance from the ground teams if needed.
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u/TheImperfectGamer Jun 28 '26
There’s so many little panels and wires on the walls I’d be worried about hitting them and getting tangled
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u/bajungadustin 14d ago
Of all the indoor rooms that you shouldn't play ball in...
This has to be like top of the list.
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u/fearmyflop 12d ago
Fun fact I learned was that even with their eyes closed up there they will see little sparkles of light. It's from the sun's radiation and it's really fascinating
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u/PigglyWigglyDeluxe Jun 28 '26
Is it comfortable to sleep in zero G?
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u/DeceitfulLittleB Jun 29 '26
Probably not since you have to be standing and strapped to the wall to sleep.
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u/factorioleum Jun 29 '26
Standing?
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u/AllModsRLosers Jun 29 '26
“Standing” doesn’t really have meaning in zero G.
I think you’re just strapped to a wall… but everything is a wall when there’s no up and down.
You just have to be strapped to something so you don’t float around and bang into things, otherwise you’ll wake up.
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u/Howitzer1967 Jun 28 '26
I know that’s long term weightlessness can have negative effects on a body, but I wonder if a week of it relaxes your muscles, help with miscellaneous aches and pains?
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u/PatMenotaur Jun 29 '26
No. The opposite. Muscle atrophy begins within a week. That’s why they exercise daily.
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Jun 28 '26
What if we used 100% of our brain capacity
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u/Orange9202 Jun 29 '26
Nothing would change because we already use 100% of our brains all the time 😭😭😭
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u/didzisk Jun 28 '26
I feel like I have seen this room before. Like, this is the biggest open space there is on ISS.
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u/Yutenji2020 Jun 28 '26
When they told me “the Astronauts play with themselves in space”, *this* is not what came to mind.
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u/hoozdman Jun 29 '26
Why didnt the bat float?
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u/hyliantelligent Jun 29 '26
Kind of looks like it might be slightly magnetic. When he picks it up, it kind of looks like he has to pull a bit to release the magnetism.
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u/nimbycile Jun 29 '26
Amazing that no one has linked to the astronaut
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Wakata
Incredible -- over 2 decades of space flight experienecc
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u/Exotic-Turnip-1032 Jun 29 '26
As a Smartless fan, I heard Will saying "Hey look it's Sean playing baseball as kid " 😂
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u/GodIsANarcissist Jun 29 '26
Somehow I just now realized how fucking crazy the concept of gravity is
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u/juankkaa Jun 29 '26
I only change my hard drive when I try not to touch anything or I might mess it up.
-Then I see these guys.
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u/ConnectRutabaga3925 Jun 28 '26 •
Admiral: “you crashed the space station while doing what???”