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ON TAP: SPACE BEER TESTING
Discovery News ^
| 09/28/10
| Irene Klotz
Posted on 09/28/2010 7:43:50 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Not sure it'd be my cup of tea, so to speak, but if a space tourist wants to kick back and sip a brewski on the ride, there may be one on the beverage list.
Testing on a space beer is scheduled to begin in November -- not by NASA, our staid civil space agency has a strict no-alcohol policy. Instead, a nonprofit research group called Astronauts4Hire is doing the honors aboard Zero Gravity Corp.'s airplane, which simulates the microgravity environment of space by making parabolic dives.
ANALYSIS: Space Age food and drink comes in all shapes, sizes and
(Excerpt) Read more at news.discovery.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Food; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: beer; space; synthehol; teaearlgreyhot
I can't wait to taste Beer from Mars..
To: LucyT; DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis; HighWheeler; ChuckHam; Elderberry; ColdOne; Tolkien; ...
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posted on
09/28/2010 7:44:56 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(President Obama: The Crybaby in Chief...)
To: KevinDavis
our staid civil space agency has a strict no-alcohol policy.You can bet your blini that there was vodka and caviar on the Soyuz.
/johnny
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
09/28/2010 7:50:52 PM PDT
by
diverteach
(D.C. has become Jonestown.)
To: KevinDavis
Beer + parabolic dives = recipe for vomit carnage.
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posted on
09/28/2010 7:51:05 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Know this, I will return to this land... rebuild where the ruins did stand)
To: KevinDavis
Volunteer right here......Look no further!
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posted on
09/28/2010 7:51:42 PM PDT
by
diverteach
(D.C. has become Jonestown.)
To: KevinDavis
Volunteer right here......Look no further!
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posted on
09/28/2010 7:52:10 PM PDT
by
diverteach
(D.C. has become Jonestown.)
To: KevinDavis
Volunteer right here......Look no further!
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posted on
09/28/2010 7:52:26 PM PDT
by
diverteach
(D.C. has become Jonestown.)
To: KevinDavis
Volunteer right here......Look no further!
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posted on
09/28/2010 7:52:40 PM PDT
by
diverteach
(D.C. has become Jonestown.)
To: diverteach
Gee, are you volunteering?
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posted on
09/28/2010 7:56:42 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Martyrdom is a great thing, until it is your turn.)
To: diverteach
ROFL, a quadruple post in about a minute...
Either a piece of fuzz in the mouse or an IP packet on a router hit the beer!
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posted on
09/28/2010 8:01:38 PM PDT
by
quantim
(Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
To: JRandomFreeper
Oh yeah the Russians had a daily “allowance” of Alcohol....
I’m sure there will be none in the future...(Obama making sure NASA is reaching out to Muzzies)
To: KevinDavis
To: KevinDavis
"In Space, no one can hear you belch."
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posted on
09/28/2010 8:19:51 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
09/28/2010 8:48:34 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Grblb blabt unt mipt speeb!! Oot piffoo blaboo...)
To: jakerobins
The Royal Navy had a daily ration of grog! This proves that the really cool spaceships have captains with English accents! (Take that, rebel scum!)
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posted on
09/28/2010 8:51:12 PM PDT
by
mrreaganaut
(When can the Martian Republic declare independence from Earth?)
To: knews_hound
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posted on
09/28/2010 8:51:25 PM PDT
by
decal
(Sign over DNC headquarters: Please Check Common Sense And Morals At The Door)
To: KevinDavis
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
To: KevinDavis
Gee what could go wrong?!!!!!
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posted on
09/29/2010 5:05:27 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
(GOP. Gutless Old Politicians :^))......November and Beyond!)
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