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The Lounge at the End of the Universe => Gallimaufry => Topic started by: Heradel on November 24, 2008, 08:44:56 PM

Title: Coffee in SPAaaaACE
Post by: Heradel on November 24, 2008, 08:44:56 PM
http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum30/HTML/000746-2.html#coffee

For the record, Coffee through a straw is not an appetizing prospect. An IV drip on the other hand...
Title: Re: Coffee in SPAaaaACE
Post by: Bdoomed on November 24, 2008, 09:49:03 PM
that is too cool
i need to go to space sometime
Title: Re: Coffee in SPAaaaACE
Post by: stePH on November 25, 2008, 02:19:44 PM
http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum30/HTML/000746-2.html#coffee

For the record, Coffee through a straw is not an appetizing prospect. An IV drip on the other hand...

How about a sippy-cup, like the ones for uncoordinated toddlers liable to spill their milk?
Title: Re: Coffee in SPAaaaACE
Post by: Corydon on November 25, 2008, 03:44:19 PM
http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum30/HTML/000746-2.html#coffee

For the record, Coffee through a straw is not an appetizing prospect. An IV drip on the other hand...

How about a sippy-cup, like the ones for uncoordinated toddlers liable to spill their milk?

No good, alas; you need gravity for a sippy-cup to work.
Title: Re: Coffee in SPAaaaACE
Post by: Russell Nash on November 25, 2008, 04:35:54 PM
http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum30/HTML/000746-2.html#coffee

For the record, Coffee through a straw is not an appetizing prospect. An IV drip on the other hand...

How about a sippy-cup, like the ones for uncoordinated toddlers liable to spill their milk?

No good, alas; you need gravity for a sippy-cup to work.

Not if the sippy cup has a liner like a lot of baby bottles do.
Title: Re: Coffee in SPAaaaACE
Post by: Thaurismunths on November 26, 2008, 11:37:04 AM
http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum30/HTML/000746-2.html#coffee

For the record, Coffee through a straw is not an appetizing prospect. An IV drip on the other hand...

How about a sippy-cup, like the ones for uncoordinated toddlers liable to spill their milk?

No good, alas; you need gravity for a sippy-cup to work.

Not if the sippy cup has a liner like a lot of baby bottles do.
That pretty much brings us back to pouches with straws.
Title: Re: Coffee in SPAaaaACE
Post by: MacArthurBug on November 26, 2008, 11:59:02 AM
well free floating blobs of hot coffee is a unhappy idea- but though the caffine would be great through i.v. I actually like the taste of coffee.
Title: Re: Coffee in SPAaaaACE
Post by: Zathras on November 26, 2008, 03:20:45 PM
IV drips need gravity.
Title: Re: Coffee in SPAaaaACE
Post by: Bdoomed on November 26, 2008, 05:47:32 PM
are there any adverse effects on the circulatory system with an absence of gravity?  i would think the body would kinda need it...
Title: Re: Coffee in SPAaaaACE
Post by: Russell Nash on November 26, 2008, 06:05:19 PM
are there any adverse effects on the circulatory system with an absence of gravity?  i would think the body would kinda need it...

That's why NASA spends all that money on research.  So far it seems like the circulatory system kinds of likes low/zero g.  It's a total bitch on other things like bone and muscle density and mass.
Title: Re: Coffee in SPAaaaACE
Post by: Corydon on November 27, 2008, 01:53:48 AM
Hmm, I wonder about the possibilities offered by molecular gastronomy?  Coffee caviar (http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2007/04/ST_gastro_coffee?slide=1&slideView=4) is tasty and would be easy to eat in zero gravity, but it wouldn't do the trick for a real coffee enthusiast.  Maybe there's a way of creating coffee spheres with a liquid core?  NASA needs to get  Ferran Adria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferran_Adria) on the phone, stat!
Title: Re: Coffee in SPAaaaACE
Post by: slic on December 01, 2008, 03:57:35 AM
Wow that was nifty - thanks Heradel

Man, physics is cool!