My significant other and I were at the local fast food joint when a question just popped into my head.

"If I were to open a Snapple bottle in space (or any other vacuum sealed bottle in space), would it pop or break the seal? Furthermore, if I opened it and then closed it in space...brought it back home to America in the shuttle and then opened it in my kitchen would it pop or break the seal for a second time?"

My thoughts were that it wouldn't pop in space because there is no air to rush in to the bottle therefore the vacuum would be complete. Then it we were to close the bottle in space, I think since there is no air in space the bottle would stay sealed and would therefore pop or break the seal when I opened it in Earth.

What do you think?

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Originally posted by johnwilkesbooth
My significant other and I were at the local fast food joint when a question just popped into my head.

"If I were to open a Snapple bottle in space (or any other vacuum sealed bottle in space), would it pop or break the seal? Furthermore, if I opened it and then closed it in space...brought it back home to America in the shuttle and then opened it in my kitchen would it pop or break the seal for a second time?"

My thoughts were that it wouldn't pop in space because there is no air to rush in to the bottle

Oh Jesus.........LOL, isn't their air supplied to occupants who are in space? Also, aren't the cabins somewhat pressurized? Don't most of what they consume come in pouches?

What do you think?

I think you work for Snapple, or you were extremely bored when you came up with this one.

I doubt there is a complete space level total vacuum inside the bottle. Probably just "very low pressure".

So... in the vacuum of space it would probably have exploded the cap off before you had a change to do anything. At the very least, the bubble in the cap would be bend up.

If you did manage to open it in the vacuum of space and then bring it back to earth, it might also have collapsed inwards before you had a chance to do anything with it in your kitchen. At the very least, the cap bubble would now be down, like you see with a new one... but more difficult to open.