We have three median states of matter, between the Einstein-Bose Condensate (too cold) and the plasma (too hot): solid, liquid, gas. We're here to discuss that state sloshing in the middle.
Liquids by nature slosh. We know where the solids are. We know where the gas is - distributed evenly-enough around the container's interior, with some allowance for when they go plasmic. Over a planet, liquids ruin our ramjet. In space, they go lava-lamp on us so we cannot measure them.
Awhile ago, we got an article on gauging propellant in microgravity. Once gauged, we could use origami, to squeeze the container.
If we must use liquid, proposed was a Liquid Annular Reactor System. LARS would be rotated. Doesn't work in a gravity-well, but might be viable for deep space.
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