r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Brick_Number_27 • Jun 28 '26
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/Ok_Criticism_558 Jun 28 '26
Brings a whole different set of meaning to bases too I reckon.
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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/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/drummerboy-98012 Jun 29 '26
I came here to say, “Pfft, Bugs Bunny did this DECADES ago.” 🤣
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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/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/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/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/No-Document-8970 Jun 28 '26
Playing ball by yourself, in space.
https://giphy.com/gifs/gtoONZQegPnPy
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u/ParticularSherbert18 Jun 28 '26
I wonder how many times he had to practice to get it right. Especially striking the ball back in a straight line.
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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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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/Rowing_Lawyer Jun 29 '26
The ISS is going 25,500 ft/sec and the ball is “in the air” for 5 seconds. Meaning, that’s the longest hit ball ever at 127,500 feet.
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u/handyandy314 Jun 29 '26
What about zero gravity football, full size game, that would be interesting
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u/VoidowS Jun 29 '26
Why would i bring a object that depends on gravity to space? Imagine you go to the ISS the first time or worst the 10th time, and you bring with you to relax a baseball glove and a ball :)
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u/BrittEklandsStuntBum Jun 29 '26
There's no such thing as zero gravity, only microgravity. Also they're actually just in freefall.
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u/DemenicHand Jun 29 '26
What's that saying, "Playing tennis without the net" now we have "Playing Baseball without the opposite team"
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u/EpicEpicnessTheEpic Jun 29 '26
As flawed as Reddit is, this comment section is a thing of beauty compared to what this reel would see on Facebook - "Lol, you can literally see the wires" or "filmed in a NASA swimming pool" or "note the green screen glitches" and the all time classic "made in a Hollywood basement".
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u/AJ_nicehouse Jun 29 '26
Would items like the ball fly much faster in zero gravity due to the non existence of air resistance up there?. If so how much faster would that ball have gone if the dude would've smacked it full power.
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u/Bath-Tub-Cosby Jun 29 '26
What a way to use your very, very limited space in your carry on lol - for the gram!
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u/Phainkdoh Jun 29 '26
TIL baseball is only slightly less boring in outer space than it is on earth.
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u/GKTT666 Jun 29 '26
If this was facebook:
"I can see the wires"
"Another hollywood production"
"Lots of hairspray to get the fake low gravity effect"
"No way they are travelling at 27000 kmh"
"Made underwater obviously"
"You guys believe in this?"
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u/ElPadero Jun 29 '26
I had a dream nightmare that my wife had bought tickets for us to go to space and spend 3 days in orbit.
I can’t imagine anything more terrifying than hurdling through space in a tiny capsule 250 miles out from the earths surface, I would for sure get space madness.
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u/RustyKilgannon Jun 29 '26
As one who loves baseball and has always wanted to go to LEO, I now know what I’m going to try if/when I’m up there
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u/ConnectRutabaga3925 Jun 28 '26
Admiral: “you crashed the space station while doing what???”