5 ms·

2014: Coffee in space

25 points by gotoblob 12y ago

gotoblob 12y ago
another article about it http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2014/06/17/the-space-station-is-getting-a-coffee-machine/?utm_campaign=forbestwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2014/06/17/the-space-s...
zwieback 12y ago
Wow, I thought this was a bad joke but I checked other sources and it's true. I guess it's another breakthrough the billions of dollars and Euros invested in manned space flight have given us. How many cups of Espresso did the Mars Rover need?
- orillian 12y ago
  I get the impression these companies did it for the advertising. Not on demand from the Italian Space Agency. It looks like they developed the idea and then pitched the final product to the Agency hoping to get it aboard the IIS. So While I'm sure it cost them money, it's not as likely to have been taxpayer money, making it a..."waste your money if you want too", type deal.
TwistedWeasel 12y ago
Convincing people to make the long trip to Mars in the future will be much easier if they can be sure there will be coffee served on the trip.
jsumrall 12y ago
The article does not give any details, but goes on and on about how hard it was and how it was a way for them to learn something.
sramsay 12y ago
One of my main fears about space travel was the coffee, so this is really good news.
- coder23 12y ago
  Zeroth world problems.
tdfx 12y ago
“Good. Everyone knows astronauts are at their best when they’re jittery.” http://www.theonion.com/articles/international-space-station-to-get-espresso-machin,36293/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=LinkPreview:1:Default http://www.theonion.com/articles/international-space-station...
ekianjo 12y ago
article is down. What's it about?
zackliscio 12y ago
The concept via Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx45rg8Q-Cw&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx45rg8Q-Cw&feature=youtu.be
madaxe_again 12y ago
Why not just have a bag with coffee in one compartment, a filter transecting the bag, and an input straw for water in the section containing coffee, and an output straw in the "brewed coffee" section? Fill compartment with hot water, shake, squeeze, enjoy your filter coffee. Not espresso, sure, but cry me a river. This reads like "we made a pen that works in zero G".
pjc50 12y ago
While this is 90% an advert for Lavazza, the technology needed to cook food from raw ingredients in space is a worthwhile field of study. Once ingredients can be grown in space it becomes easier to sustain long missions without constant resupply.
ccozan 12y ago
Very interesting! One of my ideas for a venture is making coffee available for space travel. I can't imagine myself in a space ship with out my morning espresso. TODOs: growing the plant in space ( radiation zero-g, etc), roasting, grinding and sadly, a zero-g cup ( unless this happens in a rotating habitacle with some g ).
erikcw 12y ago
The article says the device weighs about 20kg. At that weight, it is going to be the most expensive cup of joe ever... (Of course it will be!) Anyone have any idea what would happen if one used something like an Aero Press while in space (enclosed in some sort of container probably)?

25 points by gotoblob 12y ago

another article about it http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2014/06/17/the-space-station-is-getting-a-coffee-machine/?utm_campaign=forbestwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2014/06/17/the-space-s...

zwieback 12y ago

Wow, I thought this was a bad joke but I checked other sources and it's true. I guess it's another breakthrough the billions of dollars and Euros invested in manned space flight have given us. How many cups of Espresso did the Mars Rover need?

orillian 12y ago
I get the impression these companies did it for the advertising. Not on demand from the Italian Space Agency. It looks like they developed the idea and then pitched the final product to the Agency hoping to get it aboard the IIS. So While I'm sure it cost them money, it's not as likely to have been taxpayer money, making it a..."waste your money if you want too", type deal.

TwistedWeasel 12y ago

Convincing people to make the long trip to Mars in the future will be much easier if they can be sure there will be coffee served on the trip.

jsumrall 12y ago

The article does not give any details, but goes on and on about how hard it was and how it was a way for them to learn something.

sramsay 12y ago

One of my main fears about space travel was the coffee, so this is really good news.

coder23 12y ago
Zeroth world problems.

tdfx 12y ago

“Good. Everyone knows astronauts are at their best when they’re jittery.” http://www.theonion.com/articles/international-space-station-to-get-espresso-machin,36293/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=LinkPreview:1:Default http://www.theonion.com/articles/international-space-station...

ekianjo 12y ago

article is down. What's it about?

zackliscio 12y ago

The concept via Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx45rg8Q-Cw&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx45rg8Q-Cw&feature=youtu.be

madaxe_again 12y ago

Why not just have a bag with coffee in one compartment, a filter transecting the bag, and an input straw for water in the section containing coffee, and an output straw in the "brewed coffee" section? Fill compartment with hot water, shake, squeeze, enjoy your filter coffee. Not espresso, sure, but cry me a river. This reads like "we made a pen that works in zero G".

pjc50 12y ago

While this is 90% an advert for Lavazza, the technology needed to cook food from raw ingredients in space is a worthwhile field of study. Once ingredients can be grown in space it becomes easier to sustain long missions without constant resupply.

ccozan 12y ago

Very interesting! One of my ideas for a venture is making coffee available for space travel. I can't imagine myself in a space ship with out my morning espresso. TODOs: growing the plant in space ( radiation zero-g, etc), roasting, grinding and sadly, a zero-g cup ( unless this happens in a rotating habitacle with some g ).

erikcw 12y ago

The article says the device weighs about 20kg. At that weight, it is going to be the most expensive cup of joe ever... (Of course it will be!) Anyone have any idea what would happen if one used something like an Aero Press while in space (enclosed in some sort of container probably)?