Monday Afternoon Wicked Cool.

Tens of millions of dollars could not solve what one man's desire for a cup of Joe could - a useable drinking cup in space:

NASA astronaut Don Pettit loves his coffee. So it comes as no surprise that he found a way to drink coffee from a cup, instead of the traditional straw, on his day off Sunday aboard the International Space Station.

Drinking any liquid in the weightless environment of space could be a messy affair. With hot coffee, it could be a potentially scalding affair. So astronauts use silver pouches and plastic straws to sip anything from water to orange juice to Pettit's beloved space java.

OK, an acute understanding of zero-gravity fluid dynamics helped. Here's a video: