The Capillary Cup is a zero-gravity cup designed by NASA astronaut Donald Pettit on the International Space Station. The product is an open drinking cup designed to be used in a microgravity environment, developed from Pettit’s desire to drink water without a bag and straw in outer space.
NASA coffee cup
120 Comments
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world · 206 pts · 2y
SEX JOKE
modifier@lemmy.ca · 45 pts · 2y
INEVITABLE META JOKE ABOUT THE INEVITABLE SEX JOKE
kautau@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 2y
ANGRY SERIOUS COMMENT ABOUT HOW EVERYWHERE I GO IT’S JUST SEX JOKES
sxan@midwest.social · 15 pts · 2y
TIRED REFERENCE TO A WORN-OUT REDDIT MEME ABOUT CLUBS AND INCARCERATION
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y
JOKE ABOUT NOT GETTING IT
NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social · 22 pts · 2y
COMMENT THAT DOESN’T UNDERSTAND IT IS A JOKE AND EXPLAINS.
tpihkal@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
WOOSH
half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Hey day9, what's the number of the love pal? Day9 please. Please look at the number day9. PLEASE.
Empricorn@feddit.nl · 11 pts · 2y
JOKE RESPONSE
bfg9k@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
HAH
SEX
ItsDedo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Wait... what's that?
eldoom@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
I think it's a kind of cake?
jaemo@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y
Rise from your grave, bash.org.
platypus_plumba@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
PainInTheAES@lemmy.world · 159 pts · 2y
Georgia O' Keeffiene
nick@midwest.social · 8 pts · 2y
Severely underrated comment.
thegreatgarbo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
You win the Internet today
LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee · 95 pts · 2y
TIL: Vulvas are shaped like zero-gravity drinking cups.
SeabassDan@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 2y
Rather the other way around. If it can keep a baby inside for nine months it can probably hold some coffee.
OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 2y
thatsmyfetish.gif
tychosmoose@lemm.ee · 78 pts · 2y
Mildly what now?
transientpunk@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 2y
Mildly yonic
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y
Majorly
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev · 13 pts · 2y
Ground control to major yon
FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Mildly sex-u-el
Plopp@lemmy.world · 77 pts · 2y
Does it come in a softer material?
SeabassDan@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
With a plush handle, maybe
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca · 77 pts · 2y
The word of the day is yonic
cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
I don't like the word "vulva". It's like a NSFW Volvo.
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 2y
Volvo is just a SFW vulva
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 14 pts · 2y
Volvo is the masculine intonation while vulva is the feminine.
frezik@midwest.social · 1 pts · 2y
I'm confused. Which one causes noises when it's revved up?
GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
Both of them.
Cris_Color@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Thanks for teaching me a new word! Can't wait to teach it to my lesbian friend if she doesn't already know it lol
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 69 pts · 2y
I'm sure the 60ish comments are all going to be about how it looks like a vulva, and there won't even be a single comment that doesn't reference the fact that it looks like a vulva
Edit: exactly two top-level comments in this thread don't directly reference the fact that it looks like a vulva
ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee · 35 pts · 2y
Somewhat ironic that you contribute to that metric with this very comment!
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 29 pts · 2y
Sometimes you gotta get your shoes dirty when you're counting turds or something, I'm too tired to say something smart right now
DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Brand new sentence
Sorry, had to. That's Southern gold.
bitwaba@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 2y
You think this was posted with the intent of having a discussion about zero g fluid physics?
havokdj@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Hehe vagina go BRRRRRRRRRRR
SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 2y
That's the vibrator inside
uis@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
v3, v5 or v7?
SeabassDan@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
And then you realize which side you're on.
anarchy79@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Vulva.
grue@lemmy.world · 68 pts · 2y
NickwithaC@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
But is he getting up or sitting down?
bruhduh@lemmy.world · 51 pts · 2y
c/dontputyourdickinthat
RHTeebs@startrek.website · 28 pts · 2y
Speak for yourself.
coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 2y
And then there is the moment you realize a real pussy doesn’t taste like coffee.
Im_old@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 2y
I need to speak with the wife, I have... ideas
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz · 32 pts · 2y
FYI internal body temperature is 37℃ and coffee tastes best when at that temperature.
beirdobaggins@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
🤮
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz · 14 pts · 2y
sukhmel@programming.dev · 5 pts · 2y
It's gross, but it's funny
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 2y
Not recommended for tomato juice, fruit punch or red wine.
Duranie@literature.cafe · 20 pts · 2y
Kefir?
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 4 pts · 2y
Mmmm so creamy
littlebluespark@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
ohgods
uis@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Smetana
shadearg@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 2y
Neti Twat
metallic_substance@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Bonehead@kbin.social · 35 pts · 2y
This needs a video...
A longer explanation.
TragicNotCute@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Thanks for that. I thought you drank from the other end.
PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks · 3 pts · 2y
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TheFonz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Matt Damon doing a fine job with this interview
rsh@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 2y
Conversation in a future space Starbucks: Me: “I’d like a triple grande, soy, no foam latte in a to-go vulva.” Barista: “Yes sir…”
Conversation in my local Starbucks tomorrow: Me: “I’d like a triple grande, soy, no foam latte in a to-go vulva.” Barista: “Sir, I have a taser and pepper spray, if you leave now, I won’t call the cops.”
ThePantser@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 2y
Good to know that pussy won't spill the load when in zeroGs.
Ersatz86@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 2y
It might spill if you snatch it
macrocephalic@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Only a twat would do that.
cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y
Hint of Vagina
Steve@startrek.website · 18 pts · 2y
Thats a vulva
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 2y
All joking aside, does it work under normal earth gravity?
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 2y
Probably yes. Just need to tilt more so gravity works
echodot@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 2y
Well it's a cup. So I assume so.
I don't get how you're supposed to drink out of it in zero g though as tilting it wouldn't do anything. In the image he hasn't perpet which sort of defeats the purpose.
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 2y
I read through a couple of articles on it, and the design is rather smart. To my understanding of the fluid dynamics involved, the liquid in the cup basically sticks to the sides the the inside of the cup, there's a thin valley like channel that leads up towards the mouth piece. That valley encourages the liquid to travel up to the mouthpiece by capillary action. The mouthpiece holds the liquid in place by expanding outward rapidly from where the channel ends (this is the flange part that looks naughty as everyone has been joking about).
So the drinking action would be to bring the mouthpiece to your lips, and once you make contact the capillary action and surface contact leads the liquid into your mouth.
The liquid would move rather slowly compared to terrestrial allegories of the same, but if you're only drinking a few sips of coffee or something it shouldn't be significantly different.
I'm sure this would work in the normal method in earth gravity, but because of the strong gravitational force, I've come to conclude that the capillary action of the cup would be massively countered by gravity and it would not function in the same manner on earth. The microgravity environment, IMO, is critical to have for the physics for the liquid flow work as intended.
eupraxia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 2y
This is what I came to the comments for! Thanks for the explanation, that's cool as hell.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I'm guessing you swirl it around and it comes out somewhat controlled either at the top or bottom. Not sure though.
Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
Well, they have to be conservative about volume and weight when packing for space travel. So sometimes things have to serve multiple purposes.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
Delores!
Thteven@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Mulva? 😬
TIMMAY@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
lol god damn it
metallic_substance@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
Sunfoil@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 2y
Are you suggesting this incredibly yonic looking device wouldn't be identified as such by women?
342345@feddit.de · 30 pts · 2y
To be fair I would also identify penis-shaped objects as such.
uis@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com · 26 pts · 2y
Eh my female friends would do the same. Actually, I'll share this with them and see how they react...
Update: I sent it with zero context in the group chat. First response "that's a pussy"
fidodo@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Where's this idea that women don't have vulgar thoughts come from?
remotedev@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y
They're supposed to be proper and shit, only making babies and keeping to the kitchen
Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 2y
til women don't know what pussies look like
SeabassDan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Okay when you joke about it though, right?
https://lemmy.world/comment/6988526
metallic_substance@lemmy.world · -7 pts · 2y
Rodeo@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y
Good grief lmao, he really hit a soft spot there eh
Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee · -2 pts · 2y
Did you design this cup? Because you're a real cunt.
SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 2y
Hey now.
Empricorn@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 2y
Hank...?
Bonesince1997@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
The whispering eye
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 2y
Don't put your dick in that
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
You clearly haven't been stuck on a space station for a few weeks with that kind of advice.
catfish@programming.dev · 9 pts · 2y
for a moment I thought it was a cute looking ash tray and the dude was holding a cig
IgnatiusJReilly@lemmy.wtf · 8 pts · 2y
Now, find the little man in the boat.
Grass@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y
Ah yes that thing where you design something based on something in nature that does what you want...
glibg10b@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
Stoichiometry or something
Troublegiant@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Vajoina
squid_slime@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Covert stuff
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 2y
finna buss
Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 2y
😏
someguy3@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
How I Met Your Mother guy: That's a vagina.
Deceptichum@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y
Why not use a sippy cup like a toddler uses? They have these ones with little plastic membranes on top, that when you apply a bit of pressure open up and release the liquid at that point.
https://i.imgur.com/5wioDjJ.jpeg
LanternEverywhere@kbin.social · 25 pts · 2y
Because there's no upsidedown in space. A sippy cup works by using gravity, you have to turn the cup upsidedown to get the liquid to go to the sippy spout so you can suck it out. In outer space the liquid would just be floating free inside the sippy cup and not near the spout for you to suck it out.
NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social · 0 pts · 2y
They make sippy cups with straws, it has a little thing that goes all the way down to the bottom and like a soft silicone straw built-in to the top.
LanternEverywhere@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y
But the whole premise of this device is that the person didn't want to drink from something straw-like. Which a sippy cup is to begin with.
NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social · 0 pts · 2y
I know. It’s a hilarious discussion isn’t it? lol
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
Again, there's no "top" or "bottom" in space. As air enters a rigid container, there is an increasing chance you'll drink the air instead of the liquid, regardless of whether you use a straw.
NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social · 0 pts · 2y
Gently spin it in a circle
GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social · 10 pts · 2y
I'd imagine that it's because there's complications when being used in microgravity. The people are literal rocket scientists and astrophysicists. I think they've got a good grasp on problem solving.
Deceptichum@kbin.social · 10 pts · 2y
The same people who asked if 100 tampons was enough for 14 days might not have the best grasp on all things.
Maybe they’ve never even seen one of these devices before and never considered it, who knows.
LesserAbe@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
I just read the book A City on Mars (which I recommend) and they talk about how that tampon anecdote gets spread around as if it shows how clueless NASA men are, but really it's an illustration of how risk averse NASA is. Basically, no one knew how menstruation would go in space. Because of microgravity other bodily functioning gets screwed up, so the engineers aimed for enough tampons to cover the worst possible bleeding and then added a 100% safety margin. That's what they were asking the female astronauts, does this bandolier of tampons fulfill that requirement. They do the same thing with other tolerances, like the inflatable habitat: will this thing take five times the expected air pressure without exploding?
Deceptichum@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y
Except that’s not what happened
LesserAbe@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I hope the authors won't mind if I post an excerpt here, they do a few paragraphs later give a different example of "NASA engineers not understanding female anatomy". Here's a little of the relevant section, which is itself more of an aside from the main subject of the book:
"Here’s the thing: Dr. Rhea Seddon, the only combination medical doctor, astronaut, and period-haver in the class of ’78, helped make the decision about how many tampons to include. According to a 2010 interview, the large number of tampons was a safety consideration. As she said, “There was concern about it. It was one of those unknowns. A lot of people predicted retrograde flow of menstrual blood, and it would get out in your abdomen, get peritonitis, and horrible things would happen.”
According to Seddon, the women were skeptical of the concerns, and their preference was not to treat it as a problem unless it became a problem. But she was involved with the final decision made with the flight surgeons, and according to her:
We had to do worst case. Tampons or pads, how many would you use if you had a heavy flow, five days or seven days of flow. Because we didn’t know how it would be different up there. What’s the max that you could use? Most of the women said, “I would never, ever use that many.” “Yes, but somebody else might. You sure don’t want to be worried about do I have enough.”
In other words, the story may have been less about idiot male techs and more about the NASA approach of solving all problems with more equipment. As Seddon remembers it, they decided to take the maximum amount they imagined a woman with a heavy period could need, multiplied that by two, and then added 50 percent more.
This would be typical NASA behavior—if you read the 1,300-page long Human Integration Design Handbook, which we unfortunately have, you will encounter the word “maximum” 257 times, as on page 604, which contains a remarkably detailed treatment of Number 1, including what you might call a peequation,
VU = 3 + 2t,
where VU is the maximum total urine output in liters per crewmember, and t is the number of days of the mission.
In the case of tampons, the excessive concern may have been appropriate. Lynn Sherr, longtime journalist, friend to a number of female astronauts, and also Sally Ride’s biographer, said the first woman who ever menstruated in space had problems with “leakage.” Remember, space is awful. There is no gravity to pull fluids in a generally downward direction. Blood, through a process called capillary action, tends to climb out.[*] According to Sherr, that anonymous astronaut elected to wear a tampon as well as a pad."
anyhow2503@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Release the liquid without gravity? I'm pretty sure any bottle design would need to be collapsible - basically becoming a bag at that point - to work in zero g, but maybe I misunderstand how these cups are supposed to work.
NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social · 0 pts · 2y
Just remember, when you’re using a straw, it’s not your suction that pulls liquid into your mouth, it’s the difference in the air pressure between the two that pushes it into your mouth.
catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
ಠ_ಠ
therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2y
Suspicious image
Sorgan71@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
ayo they could never have me on the ISS, I'd be cumming in coffee cups all day