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Bordeaux wine fired into space to test ageing
decanter.com ^
| November 5, 2019
| Chris Mercer
Posted on 11/05/2019 3:44:31 PM PST by BenLurkin
The Bordeaux wines will be stored on the ISS at 18 degrees Celsius for one year before being returned to earth and compared to a control sample that has been kept at the same temperature, NASA said in an explainer article. The name of the Château involved has not been released.
It’s not the first time that wine has been sent to space. Château Lynch-Bages saw its 1975 vintage launched into space aboard NASA’s Discovery shuttle in 1985, returning to earth in 2015.
The Bordeaux wines will be stored in a ‘Complex Microbiological System’ – or CommuBioS – according to NASA.
Scientists were keen to study how radiation and microgravity affected components in the wine, such as polyphenols, crystals and tannins.
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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ageing; aging; bordeaux; oenology; space; wine; zymurgy
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posted on
11/05/2019 3:44:31 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
At least they didn’t waste a bottle of Cab on this experiment.
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posted on
11/05/2019 3:45:42 PM PST
by
Freedom_Is_Not_Free
(What profits a man if he gains the world but loses his soul?)
To: BenLurkin
All for some fancy grape juice.
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posted on
11/05/2019 3:45:56 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(Your methods were a little incomplete, you too for that matter.)
To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free
Some wine in a box or two buck chuck not fancy enough for space?
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posted on
11/05/2019 3:47:00 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(Your methods were a little incomplete, you too for that matter.)
To: wally_bert
Don’t denigrate my box wine. April was a very good month.
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posted on
11/05/2019 3:48:52 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(WARNING: Eating too much oatmeal can make you look like Wilford Brimley.)
To: wally_bert
At least Sutter Home white zinfandel or some such.
With NASA’s budget, you can bet they sent a rare designer bottle “for ideal testing conditions”.
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posted on
11/05/2019 3:49:00 PM PST
by
Freedom_Is_Not_Free
(What profits a man if he gains the world but loses his soul?)
To: Viking2002
It was good enough for a grumpy old man in the first movie.
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posted on
11/05/2019 3:50:00 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(Your methods were a little incomplete, you too for that matter.)
To: BenLurkin
With global warming the wine cellars just ain’t getting it right. Time to test space cellars.
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posted on
11/05/2019 3:51:02 PM PST
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/05/2019 3:52:24 PM PST
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: BenLurkin
Ageing? I bet it last a week.
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posted on
11/05/2019 3:53:21 PM PST
by
Fledermaus
(Republicans - As Usless As Democrats)
To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free
Someone probably got the good stuff and dumped some cheap vino figuring they’d never get caught.
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posted on
11/05/2019 3:54:43 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(Your methods were a little incomplete, you too for that matter.)
To: Openurmind
The really really big chill - space.
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posted on
11/05/2019 3:56:19 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(Your methods were a little incomplete, you too for that matter.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/05/2019 3:58:34 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
To: BenLurkin
Is this our tax dollars at work?
A stupid study at best. A colossal waste of money at worst.
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posted on
11/05/2019 3:59:08 PM PST
by
P-Marlowe
(Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)
To: BenLurkin
>>The Bordeaux wines will be stored on the ISS at 18 degrees Celsius for one year before
...the crew reports the wine is all gone, don’t know what happened to it. “Wasn’t me.”
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posted on
11/05/2019 4:00:42 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
To: P-Marlowe
Maybe this is how we will get Buck Rogers back to Earth in 500 years after figuring out how to flash freeze him.
Wine cryogenics is the first step.
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posted on
11/05/2019 4:02:28 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(Your methods were a little incomplete, you too for that matter.)
To: BenLurkin; Gamecock; SaveFerris
I'm bored with Bordeaux. Let's try some Merlot.
To: BenLurkin
That’s an interesting experiment.
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posted on
11/05/2019 4:13:11 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Everyone who favors socialism plans on the government taking other people's money, not theirs.)
To: wally_bert
Lol, they may want to consider a lock box, or this experiment is going to fail. :)
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posted on
11/05/2019 4:16:16 PM PST
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free
Sparkling Muscatel, one of the finest wines of Idaho, should have been used.
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posted on
11/05/2019 4:19:19 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(Your methods were a little incomplete, you too for that matter.)
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