This New Beer Bottle Is Designed So You Can Drink Beer in
Space
A real-life space hotel is already taking reservations, and
now those contemplating space travel in the very near future are one step
closer to enjoying the world’s first beer made for zero gravity.
Vostok, a venture of Australia ’s 4 Pines Brewing Company
and Saber Astronautics, has spent the last eight years developing the
space-friendly beer. The company is named after Russia 's Vostok program, which put
cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into Earth's orbit in 1961, and was created with the
sole purpose of creating a luxurious beer-drinking experience possible once
commercial space travel takes off.
The beer is a dry, Irish-style stout with aromas of coffee,
chocolate, and caramel (with an alcohol content of 5.1 percent). Its taste has
already won it gold medal at the Australian International Beer Awards, but
flavor is only one part of the puzzle for zero-gravity beer.
The next challenge: A beer bottle that can go into orbit.
Vostok has launched an Indiegogo campaign for the new
bottles, of which there are currently two different prototypes. The design
utilizes an insert, created by Saber Astronautics, that uses surface tension to
wick the beer up from the bottom of the bottle to the mouthpiece, similar to
the way a fuel tank works.
This offers the ability to drink the beer without relying on
a squeeze-style packet that astronauts typically use for liquids.
“Beer has a specific shape and feel that people recognize
and no beer drinker would want to use a straw,” Jason Held, CEO of Saber
Astronautics, told Gizmodo. “So a space beer bottle is really a luxury,
something which we hope will make the hard-working astronaut feel more at home.”
The company is trying to raise $1,000,000 with crowdfunding
to continue research and development, and hopes to start shipping the bottle by
the end of 2019
by Talia Avakian
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