Monkey, Get Me a Beer!

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 | Uncategorized with No Comments »

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I am not so sure about this.

Monkeys!

My husband thinks this is the greatest thing in the world. I however am on the fence.

I mean, everyone wants a monkey to bring them beer, right? You’ve daydreamed about it, don’t lie.

But…monkeys. They fling poo.

On the other hand, the tips are cheap!

Finally - space research pays off in alcohol dividends

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 | News with No Comments »

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Usually when someone asks me to name a single product of space research that affects them, I blurt out ‘Tang!’ Now I can finally trump that argument with ‘Space Beer!’

The Sapporo brewing company in Japan is cooking up a batch of beer distilled from barley that originated in the bowels of the International Space Station. Nobody knows what the end result will be just yet, but the mere fact that it can be called Space Beer is a marked improvement on the terrestrial variety.