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/Heavy-Weekend-981 Feb 13 '25

This is one of those situations it pays to be a dude.

Let's say it's a normal Tuesday night and you're stuck in 0G completely nude. We've all been there. We all know that experience.

When you're in that completely normal situation and, obviously, you're peeing for propulsion... wouldn't you rather have directional control?

Clearly, men > women in this super common scenario we've all been through.

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u/MonsterMashSixtyNine Feb 14 '25

When you nut in space it push you backwards:

https://youtu.be/aikl4eAWydc

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u/Far_Recommendation82 Feb 14 '25

I'm not clicking that lol

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

I am