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Originally Posted by MageB420666
Small experiments done in space that seem inconsequential can actually reveal quite a bit about the world. I remember seeing a clip similar to this one on television dealing with small particles and how they act in a zero-g environment. It showed that particles in space don't just float around, but that they clump together very quickly. This gave scientists quite a bit of insight into how the solar system was formed from a free floating gas/particle cloud.
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Yup, not only do small experiments tell us a lot more than one may think, they're also really cheap to do a lot of times. On any given space mission, they do
dozens of experiments. Some are small and seemingly inconsequential, like this one, while others are far more substantial.