Story 2014-06-17 3P0 Research meets its inevitable conclusion: espresso in space

Research meets its inevitable conclusion: espresso in space

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story imageThank God for researchers. From Lavazza, the folks who make that spectacular espresso coffee :
"An espresso coffee is what I miss most aboard the International Space Station." We have repeatedly heard this comment from the Italian astronauts who for 13 years have been at times working in the International Space Station, and today their espresso wish is about to become reality. In fact, Argotec and Lavazza are working together with the Italian Space Agency (ISA) to actually bring the authentic Italian espresso onto the International Space Station. ... Its name is ISSpresso. It takes its name from the International Space Station (ISS), where it is to be installed. It is the first capsule-based espresso system able to work in the extreme conditions of space, where the principles that regulate the fluid dynamics of liquids and mixtures are very different from those typical on Earth.
This, my friends, is scientific progress.
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the Register (Score: 1)

by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-06-18 10:22 (#25J)

Well, the Register beat us to the punch with a title/subtitle that beats mine by an order of magnitude:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/17/critical_barrier_to_interstellar_travel_removed/
"Good: Espresso machine in SPAAAACE. Bad: Full of URINE
Tomorrow's coffee - made out of yesterday's"

Damn, those guys are funny. I know they take a beating sometimes, but I find their journalism and their sense of humor refreshing, given the likes of stodgy American press like ITWorld and the like.