Since we went to the stars, have become a cosmic civilization and continue to move in this direction, people looked at the sky and thought: fine, but how do we take a beer with us? Now we seem to have an answer. The Australian brewery 4 Pines Brewing teamed up with Saber Astronautics Australia engineers and developed a stout called Vostok Space Beer. Both the bottle and the beer itself are designed for use in space.
The idea of a beer bottle design for microgravity conditions was to make the experience of using the most familiar. Instead of squeezing beer out of the package, astronauts will be able to drink it directly from the bottle, thanks to the surface tension - it will keep the beer adhered to the glass - and the wick that will draw beer from the bottom of the bottle right into the mouth.
The beer itself will be lightly carbonated, so as not to cause disturbances in the space station, but it is sufficiently carbonated so that you can recognize the beer in the drink.
Nevertheless, the effects of drinking beer in outer space should still be discussed. We do not know how astronauts will endure hops and how the digestive system will cope with the withdrawal of alcohol. "Drunken sailors" in space can be dangerous. In addition, given the cost of launching the cargo into space, cosmic beer will be extraordinarily expensive. However, this has already been taken care of: scientists from Russia and Anheuser-Busch conduct experiments to find out whether hops and barley can grow in space.
NASA astronauts are currently prohibited from drinking alcohol, although in the 1970s there were plans to send sherry along with astronauts' food. On the Russian side, there were fewer restrictions, and cosmonauts were even recommended to drink brandy from time to time. Well, for health.
4 Pines looks to the future: once on the planet there will be a lot of space tourism companies. Of course, people will want to enjoy a cold beer in orbit. We need to be ready.
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