What If You Dropped a Steak From Orbit?

What If You Dropped a Steak From Orbit?

Ever had a freshly cooked steak, delivered straight from the International Space Station? It’s not going to be what you might expect. Is it possible to fry a steak in space? How long would it take to give it that perfect crust? And what side dish should you go with?

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40 Comments

  1. @justsomepersononyoutube9271 on April 22, 2024 at 5:00 pm

    Red meat eaters :my time has come



  2. @drwsopro8471 on April 22, 2024 at 5:03 pm

    One time one person to get us in space named Rana he did jump and throw the steak and he has a jet pack to get to the ISS



  3. @ivansimunek4829 on April 22, 2024 at 5:04 pm

    Idk but I predicted it would destroy the Earth…again



  4. @leagueirex5534 on April 22, 2024 at 5:11 pm

    When i saw this i was like: Hows someone gonna die from a steak. But then I remember this channel makes you die from anything



  5. @balls6333 on April 22, 2024 at 5:14 pm

    1st day of asking for what if neptune was not a gaa



  6. @chasemarske4306 on April 22, 2024 at 5:14 pm

    The steaks have never been higher.



  7. @johnathanjohnathan2004 on April 22, 2024 at 5:15 pm

    Make a What’s If someone made a FLDSMDIFR



  8. @NNdiggggs on April 22, 2024 at 5:18 pm

    Foody questions falling



  9. @theirishyoda2038 on April 22, 2024 at 5:22 pm

    Would it even be eatoble



  10. @riyaadalamjad4449 on April 22, 2024 at 5:25 pm

    Bizarre episode



  11. @jamesmitchell9872 on April 22, 2024 at 5:27 pm

    I eat nice cuts damn near raw anyway



  12. @checkmyaboutpage on April 22, 2024 at 5:30 pm

    but why



  13. @quanzarefish on April 22, 2024 at 5:31 pm

    What would happen if you farted in your spacesuit?



  14. @midoribushi5331 on April 22, 2024 at 5:31 pm

    That guy’s expression at 0:28 is me whenever I cook a perfect steak!



  15. @someoneyouwouldmeet9052 on April 22, 2024 at 5:32 pm

    Cloudy with a chance of meatballs scene at the roofless restaurant



  16. @stapuft on April 22, 2024 at 5:32 pm

    i got here because i actually did just ask "….for some reason im curious now….someone figured out the science behind slap thermodynamics and cooked a chicken via slapping…..well…..falling things heat up due to air friction…..how long would a steak have to fall at terminal velocity in a normal earth atmosphere, in order to be cooked perfectly when it hits the ground?" on a video where in the 1800’s meat randomly fell from the sky.



  17. @trollkenobi6727 on April 22, 2024 at 5:33 pm

    Huge argument between Earth and Mars breaks out. It’s just 1 steak, just calm down.



  18. @blueaegeanfrancisdavidembr356 on April 22, 2024 at 5:34 pm

    The Level anxiety of Losing Everything in space

    Brain: Jump Grab it
    Body: Noo!!
    Brain: Just Jump and grab it It’ll be fun!! C’mon
    Body: No

    After 5 Mins

    Body: Did You Do it?
    Brain: Yeah.
    Body: What did it costs?
    Brain: Everything.



  19. @AndrewDukes on April 22, 2024 at 5:35 pm

    Wouldn’t the steak burn up in the atmosphere and disintegrate?



  20. @Jojo_Bee on April 22, 2024 at 5:38 pm

    Nice…

    Well Done! 😉



  21. @RANDOMGUYBRO2763 on April 22, 2024 at 5:39 pm

    Very random



  22. @drwsopro8471 on April 22, 2024 at 5:40 pm

    In the year one it’s a really really really really really really really really really really really really long time ago



  23. @cami_cream on April 22, 2024 at 5:41 pm

    WHO THE FAWK ASKED THIS QUESTION



  24. @johnathanjohnathan2004 on April 22, 2024 at 5:41 pm

    I wonder what would happen if you threw a burger from the international space station or french fries or a hotdog



  25. @johnathanjohnathan2004 on April 22, 2024 at 5:44 pm

    Yes finally I wonder if you could fry a burger A the international space station



  26. @JustJoa on April 22, 2024 at 5:44 pm

    I never knew I wanted to know this



  27. @azvazch on April 22, 2024 at 5:44 pm

    Me watching a dude talk about dropping steak from orbit instead of doing Homework.



  28. @suggamydugga on April 22, 2024 at 5:45 pm

    How yu know I wanted to see this



  29. @ARM0RP0WER on April 22, 2024 at 5:46 pm

    ok so correct me if im wrong but im pretty dang sure a cow cant even reach 6 times the speed of sound without being nearly torn apart plus dropping anything from space that a average human can carry should just vaporize before it even comes close to reaching the ground



  30. @caroline1689 on April 22, 2024 at 5:48 pm

    Ew steak



  31. @dgemon3476 on April 22, 2024 at 5:49 pm

    So astroid becomes ashes and a steak doesn’t?



  32. @erickgaidelis8016 on April 22, 2024 at 5:50 pm

    If rocks vapourise falling from space, so steak would’nt even hit earth



  33. @AROSTARctb10 on April 22, 2024 at 5:50 pm

    What if the price when to 900$



  34. @RonaldoMrUCL5 on April 22, 2024 at 5:51 pm

    Meaty-or
    That why I have no friends



  35. @Sonic7368 on April 22, 2024 at 5:52 pm

    *Me: Hears Loud Sounds*
    *Goes Outside*
    *A Steak In The Floor Impacted*
    *Me: Atleast We Dont Die*



  36. @mellamoskippy7948 on April 22, 2024 at 5:52 pm

    Tf



  37. @exitzza3048 on April 22, 2024 at 5:53 pm

    It’s not btw there would be like acid on it Not safe to eat



  38. @drwsopro8471 on April 22, 2024 at 5:55 pm

    2:34 I think you’ll drop it down from the troposphere



  39. @icecob on April 22, 2024 at 5:55 pm

    You’ll have delicious space diner



  40. @saalik7 on April 22, 2024 at 5:56 pm

    Then u won’t need to roast or fry it down here