[ifinnegan]

Who is paying for this?

[jaydubya2]

12 bottles X 3 lbs each X $10k (cost per lb to get in orbit) = $360,000.

not including how much the wine itself costs.

[Leaning Right]

> Who is paying for this? <

That was my first thought as well!

I suppose it’s nice to know how red wine ages in space. But given that the U.S. is a debtor nation, I would question why any American tax dollars are being spent on such studies.

Oh, wait. The article says that this study will “help prepare the world for the effects that climate change will have on agriculture...”. So it’s money well-spent after all.

(Or should I say money well-borrowed?)

[allwrong57]

No idea, but that bottle of Petrus is at least a couple thousand bucks. Going by that, my guess would be the taxpayers.