Myths about space
If you are an internet user you probably stumbled upon a video or a funny gif with the well known Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield (you may recognise him by his moustache). He was a commander on the International Space Station for half a year in 2012-2013. During his stay in space, he became internet famous, posting his mundane live-in-space troubles via his twitter account and answering questions on one of the most popular Reddit thread. Currently retired Chris Hadfield is still present in social media explaining science, talking about his experiences and commenting on ongoing space operations. I recently watched one of his videos regarding myths about space. I would like to kindly encourage you to watch this interesting video and answer a few questions.
- Have you ever heard of any of those myths? If you have, were you right about it?
- Have you heard about any other myths about space?
- Which myth debugging or confirmation was most surprising to you and why?
Comments
Yes, I knew about the propagation of sound in a vacuum and the relativity of aging. In terms of sound, I was right, but not quite sure about aging: I believe that if a human is able to move faster then light (which sounds impossible nowadays) then aging can stop, and if he moves at a speed equal to or less than the speed of light, a person will grow old but slower.
Have you heard about any other myths about space?
Maybe. But if I heard something I don't know it was myths or I just don't remember them :)
Which myth debugging or confirming was most surprising to you and why?
For me the biggest surprise was that the space smells like a steak because I didn't even suspect and never even thought that the space could smell and also because it is just fun and interesting.
Haha, I feel you, I thought it was ridiculous, too.
Yes, I have heard about some of those myths. For most of the time I was right, but there were some surprises, like with the height of a person in space. For it was a very interesting part about the warp technology how it could be done and to be honest, I thought, that we are working on something like that.
Have you heard about any other myths about space?
Maybe yes, but unfortunately I don't remember. It is like I am reading the article or watch a video, at the end I am: "wow, this is such a cool article/video" and after some time I completely forget about it.
Which myth debugging or confirmation was most surprising to you and why?
One of the most surprising was about the smell of the space. I haven't heard about it and it was a little bit strange for me and even stranger when this myth has been approved.
Yes, I heard about the theory of aging, but I haven't heard about the theory of sound is interesting.
2.Have you heard about any other myths about space?
I only saw them wash in space or drink drinks, nothing more.
3.Which myth debugging or confirmation was most surprising to you and why?
Unfortunately not. As I mentioned above, I didn't know much so far.
And the second point for the stake! I have a feeling stake myth will win this!
3 points to the stake, Ladies and Gentlemen!
2. I was interested in some science articles but there were no such informations as I remember.
3. I didn't know about the smell in space and i found it very hilarious. Astronauts must feel hungry most of the time.
2. I can remember one myth about being able to travel through time and space using black holes.
3. I was surprised the myth about NASA working on warp speed even exists as this is surely not the thing we should prioritize with the current state of space exploration.
I have heard the myth that space smells like burned steak and I thought that it can’t be true. Well, seems that I was wrong.
2. Have you heard about any other myths about space?
Actually, no. All of the myths that I have ever heard about were mentioned in Chris’s video. He actually covered everything I wanted to know.
3. Which myth debugging or confirmation was most surprising to you and why?
As I have mentioned earlier – I was surprised that the “burned steak myth” turned out to be true but what was the most interesting to me about that was how Chris explained how it is possible.
I heard that space smells like beacon. It seems like it was kinda true. The rest of the things was new to me. But i really enjoy mr Headfield talking about space.
Have you heard about any other myths about space?
I dont thikn so. Im not into space at all.
Which myth debugging or confirmation was most surprising to you and why?
I guess about human body streching in space. It seems prety logical but still that scientist have to take it as a parameter in designing everything for the crew up there.
I’ve heard that you can’t cry in space, but Chris Hadfield explained in the other video that it’s not completely true, because you can actually cry, but water behaves strangely in space, so tears won’t run down your face. They’ll just stay near the eyeballs.
I’ve never heard that space smells like burnt steak and never thought about it so I was surprised to hear that it is actually kinda true! After his explanation though (that the smell is from the spaceship, I mean from the impact of the space to the spaceship) it seems pretty logical and even kind of obvious.
Probably in my school days when I was attending physics classes I heard many different myths about the space, but unfortunately I don't remember any of them.
I was very surprised that space has a smell. I was completely convinced that there is no smell!
Yes, but I was sure that this was the myths, so I do not need the austonaut to proofe that we can not exceed the speed of lite for example novedays at least. The video is rather for fun on my opinion and it can not be used as science video.
2.Have you heard about any other myths about space?
I do not know, I think I do not.
3. Which myth debugging or confirmation was most surprising to you and why?
Maybe about the smell. That is all.
2. As I mentioned earlier, I don't know much about this topic, so everything I once heard was contained in this material.
3. I can't determine which exactly the myth I liked the most, they were all interesting to me. If I had to choose it, it will be the myth of smell in space.
Haha, they probably did! Especially when they have only what they brought from earth. So if they would crave Oreos... tough luck.
4th point to stakes!
Black holes are an interesting subject. Unfortunately, we know too little of them to debug any myths, who knows, maybe we will use them somehow in the future?
I think looking for a way to be faster was always on the NASA to-do list ;)
Yes, I heard about some of them, but mostly it was very interesting, thank you for the postings. I would say it is like 50/50. I liked how it was explained and presented.
Have you heard about any other myths about space?
No, most of the myths, which I know were presented in this video. It was very interesting and I have learned a lot of new staff. I think I will search for more videos like this.
Which myth debugging or confirmation was most surprising to you and why?
I think the most surprising was the smell of space. It was a little bit strange and I thought it is a lie, but then it was confirmed. Moreover, the myth about height was quite interesting.
Yes, I totally agree. As I said before, I knew about the fact that we stretch but not how significant the growth is!
Yes! 6th point to the stake smell!
8th point to the stakes!
Same as me, I was sure it was nonsense but it rendered to be true!
Btw, 10th points to the stake smell myth. It is 10 out of 14 so I'm very pleased about the result!