• Question: is it possible to drink liquid substances while in space?

    Asked by idunno to Cesar, Emily, Jamie, Kate, Philippa on 16 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Kate Clancy

      Kate Clancy answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      I imagine this is possible if you have a straw!

    • Photo: Jamie Gallagher

      Jamie Gallagher answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      Hi hi,

      yes, it is. we need liquid to live so it is important that there is liquids there. You might have seen little blobs floating around and the astronauts catching it in their mouths.

      It is not ideal to have liquid floating around all over the place, it could get messy so they make sure to keep food and drink safely stored away.

    • Photo: Philippa Demonte

      Philippa Demonte answered on 16 Jun 2011:

      @idunno Yes, it is possible to drink liquid substances in space.

      NASA have a really good website at spaceflight.nasa.gov/living/index.html which shows you how.

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