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.

  • NoIWontPickaName
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    8 months ago

    They make sippy cups with straws, it has a little thing that goes all the way down to the bottom and like a soft silicone straw built-in to the top.

    • LanternEverywhere
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      58 months ago

      But the whole premise of this device is that the person didn’t want to drink from something straw-like. Which a sippy cup is to begin with.

    • threelonmusketeers
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      8 months ago

      all the way down to the bottom

      built-in to the top

      Again, there’s no “top” or “bottom” in space. As air enters a rigid container, there is an increasing chance you’ll drink the air instead of the liquid, regardless of whether you use a straw.