Playing Ping Pong in Microgravity – 2015 CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Dr Kevin Fong takes a trip on a parabolic flight (the ‘vomit comet’) to see what it’s like to play table tennis in space. Watch the full second episode of the 2015 CHRISTMAS LECTURES on ‘How to survive in space’ on the Ri Channel now: #/life-in-orbit Subscribe for regular science videos: Without gravity to pull the ball back down to the table, what happens when you play ping pong? Turns out, you get a sort of real