I've been preparing to write some electronics howtos and I was looking around the web for resources when I found these interesting videos of what happens when you try and solder in space.

It almost looks a little dangerous.

As the solder melts, it collects into a blob and the rosin pools together into a smaller droplet on the solder blob's surface. Then as the temperature increases, the little rosin drop begins to orbit the solder like a little satellite. It starts out slow, but proceeds to whip around the solder faster and faster as heat is applied.

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