Breaking Prince Rupert’s drop in space

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What would happened if we broke rupert’s drop in space? Will it just cut the tail off or maby glass powder will travel through space at the speed of 1700 m/s for eternity?

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Are you saying that the drops fly apart at 1 700 m/s? My reading of their properties says that cracks in the glass propagate that fast but I don’t think the glass fragments ever move at that speed. Do you have a source on this?

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