November 18, 2011

candy corn in space

Finally.  It's been a long time coming, but it appears that the lowly candy corn may actually be getting some respect.  Especially since the tri-coloured Halloween candy has played an integral role in scientific research on the international space station.




Maybe our intrepid researcher was motivated by a desire to win new admirers for the much-maligned candy.  Or maybe he just wanted an excuse to bring extra snacks along on the trip. Oddly, the remaining candy corn had vanished before additional experiments could be conducted.

2 comments:

Mr. Macabre said...

That was actually fascinating to watch, except for the fact that they used chocolate candy corn (bleh!). Wonder if the same experiment would work with Hallowe'en mellowcreme pumpkins?

Justine's Halloween said...

How interesting! Somehow all the talk about detergent made the candy corn a little less appetizing, but it was a fun video to watch! I can't believe how all those pieces of candy were held together. I certainly learned something from this!