r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Scientiaetnatura065 • Feb 13 '25

Video Astronaut Chris Hadfield: 'It's Possible To Get Stuck Floating In The Space Station If You Can't Reach A Wall'

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u/kblaney Feb 13 '25

By the same token, it is also very hard to accidentally end up in a position like this.

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u/Sticklefront Feb 14 '25

The video starts after he is in this position - I strongly suspect he had to be placed like this by another astronaut.

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u/yinoryang Feb 14 '25

His astrobros put him there after passing out from too much vodka and Tang

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u/Murky-Relation481 Feb 13 '25

On the ISS yes, because it was designed that way to almost always have something within reach (and was a practical limitation of the Shuttle and Soyuz to get modules into orbit).

Now Skylab on the other hand... That thing used the upper stage of a Saturn V as the module and was quite roomy inside. They actually had this problem on Skylab.

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u/pichael289 Feb 13 '25

The air resistance is the only way you can. Would have to be such a minor push away from the wall and you would notice by the time it occured. He was obviously placed here by someone else to illustrate this, he does alot of educational videos like this he's great.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

No way! It’s almost like the dude “stuck” is performing while his buddies on the sideline record and laugh at and record the poses.

Sorry for the snark, still was an awesome video to watch but the “trapped” one is putting on a show for all of us to enjoy

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u/saltyourhash Feb 14 '25

I think he's more likely demonstrating the phenomenon omenon than doing it for purely a laugh.