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IIUC spilling liquid in zero-gravity is extremely dangerous.

When you spill on earth, it falls to the floor.

When you spill in space, it floats around and globs up. Then that glob is attracted to, and sticks to, anything that’s hydrophilic. Which happens to include you. More alarmingly, your face.

If I remember correctly there was a recent incident where an astronaut’s dehumidifier in their suit gave out, and they almost drowned in the water being released from their own body (breath, sweat, etc)



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