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No, it’s not April 1: according to wire service AFP, there really are beer researchers at the Queensland University of Technology, and they’re working on a project to brew a beer suitable for consumption in space. Lead researcher Martin Castillo told AFP the physiology of space flight – particularly swelling of the tongue – …

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  1. LaeMing
    Happy

    Makes me think of...

    ...the special fizzy drink in Roal Dahl's /BFG/. With the bubbles that go down instead of up.

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  2. David O
    Boffin

    Makes be damn proud to be an Aussie!

    One small sip for man... one giant gulp for mankind.....

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    1. Disco-Legend-Zeke
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      Pint

      But Isn't Everything...

      ...in Australia already inverted anyway?

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    2. Dagg Silver badge
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      Coffee/keyboard

      The only problem

      Is it comes from queensland, the home of the undrinkable XXXX

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  3. copsewood
    Joke

    brewing beer in zero G sounds tricky

    I guess the problem of continuously separating the fermentation bubbles from the beer is solvable, by brewing inside a slow centrifuge in order to simulate gravity.

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  4. FozzyBear
    Pint

    Now this

    Is real science.

    Cheers to all the buys anf girls in banana bender country. Once done their next task will be how to do a BBQ in zero gravity. Solve those two great engineering questions and I'll be ready to take that giant step into the final frontier

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  5. Jaap stoel

    Next step:

    Space-meat pie floater? Because when you're pisched you really need something greasy to eat.

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  6. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Old news for Australia

    It's called Foster. And it's particularly suitable for space because it involves recycled urine.

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  7. Velv
    Coat

    Space?

    Now that's what I call planning.

    Getting yourself a beer that will work in space BEFORE the rest of the world exiles you to New Australia (aka Moon prison).

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  8. Colin Miller

    doubly apt

    'Vostok' is Russian for East, Queensland is in the NE of Australia....

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  9. 4ecks
    Pint

    logistics ?

    So how many stubbies can you fit in a Falcon 9 & who's going to empty the recycle bin?

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  10. IR

    So

    a low gravity beer then?

    In what direction do the bubble go in zero-g?

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  11. Louie da Bear
    Pint

    Beer in Space

    Maybe they need Olde Frothingslosh. The pale stale ale with the foam on the bottom.

    HMM... Which is the bottom in space?

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  12. ian 22

    CO2?

    Clearly space brew must have its fizz provided by O2, not CO2.

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  13. Anonymous Coward
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    I guess Aus has given up...

    ...on trying to invent a beer that is drinkable on Earth.

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  14. Anonymous Coward
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    Getting their priorities straight

    On successful completion of this research project I forecast the announcement of the Australian space program.

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