2014: Coffee in space

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

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.

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?

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.

“Good. Everyone knows astronauts are at their best when they’re jittery.”

http://www.theonion.com/articles/international-space-station...

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 ).

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

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.

another article about it

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2014/06/17/the-space-s...

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)?

article is down. What's it about?

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".