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    Can Astronaughts boil water in space?

    Science @ NASA did a feature on this question just over a year ago. You can read the article--and even watch a short movie of water boiling in space--at the following hyperlink: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast07sep%5F2.htm David Lamb, Science Projects Specialist, NAI
    October 31, 2002