To Boldly Go Where No Mento Has Gone Before!

rjwoodhead writes: "This last weekend, my entire family learned what it's like to float in freefall aboard G-Force One (recently featured on Mythbusters' Moon Hoax show). Being science-lovers, we decided to do some experiments, and wanted to do something original. So we decided to test whether the Diet Coke & Mentos reaction was affected by the lack of bubble convection in microgravity. The story of how the experiment evolved and how we talked Space Adventures into letting us fool around with sticky and corrosive cola and candy inside their nice clean airplane, as well as high-speed video of the results, can be found here."