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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.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

Well, they have to be conservative about volume and weight when packing for space travel. So sometimes things have to serve multiple purposes.