Going into space may seem appealing, but it is a challenging endeavor. The environment is very different from Earth and extensive precautions are required. Astronauts Rigorous testing The equipment will be thoroughly inspected. Once the mission begins, strict procedures must be followed. Astronaut Chris HadfieldCommander Hadfield) shared an interesting fact with us: you can’t burp in space.
X user, Greg Switzer (@G_Switzer)Upon opening the Snapple bottle, he found a fact scrawled on the cover: “REAL FACT – ASTRONAUTS CANNOT BURP IN SPACE.” To verify if this was true or just another bogus claim, he decided to ask a reliable source. He went to his X account and posted a photo of the cover with the caption “Is this true? If so, why?” Hadfield went to X and verified the claim. He wrote, “You can’t burp in space because the air, food, and liquid in your stomach all float together like a big bubble.”
That’s because there is no gravity. The presence of gravity on Earth would cause air to rise above the food particles in your stomach. Science alert. What comes out as a burp is the same air that has been separated from the heavier particles at the bottom of your stomach. This is not the case in space: there is no gravity in space, so food particles and other matter remain mixed with the air in the form of bubbles.
That means if someone wants to burp in space, they’ll not only burp air, but also all the particles in their stomach along with it. “When you burp, you burp into your mouth, so where do you think all that trapped air goes?” Hadfield added in the post. What comes out instead is a “wet burp,” which is not a fun thing to experience. “When you burp in space, it’s usually wet because liquids and gases don’t separate in your stomach like they do on Earth,” said Charles Borland, a consultant at NASA’s Food Technology and Commercial Space Center. space.
In space, you can’t burp because air, food, and liquids are all floating together in a big bubble. When you burp, it comes right out into your mouth. So where do you think all that trapped air goes? https://t.co/4ZPMY9ixVA
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) November 2, 2018
Astronauts, as always, tackle these problems with creative and productive solutions. Their main approach is to avoid foods that tend to cause gas. They choose lighter, healthier foods, such as vegetables and certain sprouts. The fact that burps happen in space shocked many people, who said they had never thought about such a trivial, yet important, activity. Follow “Well, that’s something I’d never thought of before,” he wrote. Follow “In all my years of studying physics I have never thought of that, so I guess there is no soda in space,” he added.
translator “This makes a lot of sense. I’d never thought about how stomach contents would function in space,” he said. translation: “I think I’m gonna puke a lot because I’m gonna burp so much,” she said hysterically. @Kerlanara “Maybe burritos aren’t on the menu?” he joked. Bob Childs “There are so many small details to consider. Amazing!” he commented. translator “That seems like one of the least fun things about going into space,” he added.
