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| Water Bulb | ||
| A zero-g way to enjoy water. |
| I held up my bulb of water and my ration box. The seal had clearly been tampered with on both containers, and visibly there was water missing. |
| From The Space Merchants,
by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth). Published by St. Martin's Press in 1952 Additional resources -
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Pretty good suggestion - pre-NASA.
Compare to the drinking bulb from Larry Niven's Known Space.
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