Australian companies launch beer will be weightless in space pilot
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According to foreign media reports, the first allowed to drink beer in space will soon be carried out in a weightless environment test, to verify that it contains components are qualified. Non-profit space research Astronauts4Hire on the Australia experiment with beer, the beer brewing method through special, and in a weightless environment on Earth, it is easy to drink. This is a new space engineering company Australia Sabel aerospace company (Saber Astronautics Australia) and at the northern suburbs of Sydney Australia four pines Brewing Company (Australian 4 Pines Brewing Company) to build.
Their research and development of space beer is to appeal to budding space tourism, as the market continued to expand, industry leaders anticipate the space tourist will need beer.
This new space beer testing is expected to start from November, in the United States in Florida, space entertainment and tourism company – zero gravity on a modified Boeing aircraft company, the aircraft flying in a parabolic manner, simulated microgravity environment. A member of the flight will be the first flight of the Astronauts4Hire operators. This is carried out by researchers in a weightless environment test, for example, try this beer, and records such as body temperature, heart rate and blood alcohol concentration data. In addition, he has to record beer taste, and is it easy to drink in a weightless environment.
This is to make sure this beer consumption on space environment needed to conduct a series of similar to the first item in the flight test. This pilot project is part of four pines brewing company-funded. However this is not the first space beer. In 2006, the Japan brewery – Sapporo beer company and Japan Okayama University and headquartered in Moscow, Russia Academy of Sciences in cooperation, brewing a special brand of space beer. Making this “space Space Barley beer” barley raw material, is used in the international space station had seeds planted for 5 months.
The past, the United States Space Agency have also funded research and development of space beer, as well as research on such popular drinks are brewed in space. However under the current provisions, do not allow alcohol on the international space station. And the United States a study conducted by the University of Colorado, found in a weightless environment fermentation produces some interesting results. In 2001 announced the results of these scientists have found that fermentation of the space environment more fully, so the alcohol content of beer more. Other research has examined preserving this beverage carbonation of the component type you want, although there is extreme pressure and temperature changes in space.