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Re: Drinking Coffee in Zero Gravity
Hi all
Well maybe it was tea, surely? I could see through the liquid! If it was coffee it was pretty piss weak. But then it may well have been Folgers made up a year before and heat sealed into that bag.
Seeing that video means Ill cancel my NASA astronaut application tomorrow.
There are many simple coffee machines that would work in zero G. The MyPressi, Aeropress, a plunger, any manual lever machine. One just needs to connect a tube up to them so the coffee is collected and then drunk ASAP.
Mike
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Re: Drinking Coffee in Zero Gravity
Originally posted by 6A697C757C767470727C190 link=1290672312/1#1 date=1290684955There are many simple coffee machines that would work in zero G. The MyPressi, Aeropress, a plunger, any manual lever machine. One just needs to connect a tube up to them so the coffee is collected and then drunk ASAP.To even get to that stage youll also have to think of a way to pour the hot water over coffee grounds and allow them to brew sufficiently
This video is bloody cool though. Engineering design for rocket boosters at zero G used as a cup. Genius. 8-)
If NASA needs a flight engineer or scientist to conduct experiments on coffee brewing in space, Im your man ;D
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As most coffee brewing methods and grinders rely on gravity to work, I think that Coffee Snobs in space may be driven to using coffee capsules or pods with a plumbed in espresso machine to get anything like good coffee.
What chance is there of getting a roaster to work in zero G?
As for the bag being labled coffee, many things labled coffee dont look or taste much like coffee.
Barry
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Movies nearly always lie! Rotation may work. Has there been any real space stations using this, though?
Full immersion brewing in vacuum bags would work, just need large syringe style implements to transfer water and brewed coffee. Cold or hot brew, wouldnt matter! The leftover grinds would be a problem as waste unless there are some farms on the station... Probably pods have more waste than instant, too.
IIRC I read the astronaut uses instant, dont have access to the vid on my phone at the moment!
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Originally posted by 5C534B5A4B4E4B2A0 link=1290672312/9#9 date=1290950910The air pressure at the ISS is reported as 1 atmosphere (~14.7psi)... Apart from some troubles theyve had e.g. In 2004.
Greg
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