Cool NASA high-speed camera of knife bursting water balloon

[blahblah99]

Crazy... the water looks like its suspended in the air. Even gravity doesn't have time to react as fast as the balloon and the water's surface.

Link

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Link doesn't work.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
Link doesn't work.

Ya, OP's linking FTL.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid...68478827662499191&q=nasa+knife+balloon

 

[Kalvin00]

we've never seen this before

 

[JLGatsby]

So this is what they spend our tax dollars on.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
So this is what they spend our tax dollars on.

lol, yeah that's pretty much what I was thinking.

 

[Savij]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
So this is what they spend our tax dollars on.

lol, yeah that's pretty much what I was thinking.

Studying studying elasticity, gravity, fluid dynamics? Testing high speed data recorders?

 

[DrPizza]

Anyone have a link other than on google? I know what the video looks like... I'll use it in physics class (newton's 1st law)

 

[Schadenfroh]

mmm hydrogen bonding. I want to see them do this with mercury.

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
So this is what they spend our tax dollars on.

lol, yeah that's pretty much what I was thinking.

And yet what NASA gets is pitiful compared to all the pork/pet-projects of Congress.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
So this is what they spend our tax dollars on.

lol, yeah that's pretty much what I was thinking.

Just saw a DiscoveryHD special about asteriods.

They are using high speed cameras coupled with super high velocity guns to study the affects of an asteriod impact.

I would call this pretty important considering it could wipe us out and understanding it would help in doing something about such and an event or even preventing it.

 

[Golgatha]

Originally posted by: Savij

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
So this is what they spend our tax dollars on.

lol, yeah that's pretty much what I was thinking.

Studying studying elasticity, gravity, fluid dynamics? Testing high speed data recorders?

Positive PR for NASA (rocket scientists are cool too) and free mindless entertainment. Not to mention that anything that gets kids excited about the hard sciences is good with me.

 

[tk149]

I actually yelled out, "Wow! That's cool!"

 

[theeedude]

that video really burst my bubble

 

[technophile82]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
mmm hydrogen bonding. I want to see them do this with mercury.

that would be cool, but i doubt a typical balloon would be able to hold the weight of mercury, which is about 13x heavier than water. maybe some super thick rubber would do it.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: tk149
I actually yelled out, "Wow! That's cool!"

I didn't yell it, but I thought it. Very cool.

 

[ultimatebob]

Scooptube? What in the hell is that?

 

[BullyCanadian]

thats awesome

 

[InverseOfNeo]

WOW!

 

[jimmypage13]

uhh bullet time :laugh:

 

[Skyye]

neat vid, i sent it to my friends on aim...thanks

 

[Midlander]

The only water movement at the beginning is due to surface tension. Great find, OP! :beer:

 

[Excelsior]

4,000 frames per second.....fvcking sweet.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Midlander
The only water movement at the beginning is due to surface tension. Great find, OP! :beer:

not to be a geek or anything...

The rupture of the ballon fell within and perfectly obeyed all materials engineering.

split on the same plane.

 

[iamaelephant]

That's awesome :thumbsup:

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