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The bubble size only depends on the pressure in the surrounding atmosphere. That is not a function of whether you are in weightlessness or not. From personal experience I can say that on the KC-135 aircraft, carbonated drinks do not explode during the weightless phase of the flight. (The pressure in the cabin is the same as on a commercial airliner.) If you pour out the drink, the fluid will form globs that undulate about. However, the bubbles do not rise because the force of buoyancy is gone. If you opened a soda can in a vacuum, it would foam up rapidly as the gas bubbles expand.
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