Can you play a guitar in zero gravity?

Just thought this was pretty neat

https://x.com/historyinmemes/status/1731537063005012365?s=46&t=XyegO9kY30uqz17l922fyw

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A brief summary of what the video is about would be helpful, so people can decide if theyā€™re interested enough to go look at it.

Good point. Itā€™s an astronaut showing how he plays an acoustic in space with no gravity. First time I pasted a link so wasnā€™t sure if the video would show up or just the text.

Anyway, itā€™s nothing reallyā€¦ just a little guitar related tidbit

Edited the title for clarification

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You could play a Les Paul all day long in space then, I suspect. :smiley:

Guitar in space

Yes you can :wink:

Greetings

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I canā€™t play with gravity

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This is fun - especially when he just floats the microphone in front of the guitar.

This is, of course, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. He performed this (and made a video!) while serving on the ISS. Hereā€™s a nice piece from NOVA in which he explains how he did everythingā€¦it gives me all the feels! Iā€™m sure this has been posted elsewhere, but itā€™s always fun to watch again.

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I am just happy enough to be able to just plod along playing on the ground.

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Nice video, thanks for sharing.
I especially love the floating microphone :grin:

And Iā€™m quite astounded. Always thought that there isnā€™t any sound in space, because without air it has no way to travel :thinking:
So I just expected the ā€œSound of silenceā€.
OK, video has proved me wrong :wink:

Fortunately, there is air ( oxygen )in that vessel :sweat_smile:

Greetings

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What do you think they are breathing?

In actual vacuum of space there would be no sound