At 11:36 PM Sunday 2/25/2007, Max Battcher wrote: >On 2/25/07, Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Would you feel differently if the manned program was doing something > > that was actually useful? > > If the program had set up permanent zeroG manufacturing lines making > > products that could only be made in space, would the bang for the buck > > equations be more favorable to you? > >One of the results from our space program that we have seen is that >yeast in low-gravity conditions generates better, more alcoholic beer. > We just need to convince Anheuser-Busch or Coors or Miller to spend >the cash to build a giant beer manufacturing plant in Space. > >Who wouldn't buy space beers? It's makes a whole lot more sense than >a lot of the flavored beers and "energy" beers the big guys keep >putting onto shelves... > >I demand to see a race for the first beer brewed in space to reach >store shelves. Perhaps we need a Beer X-Prize.
What would really push it would be the invention of a semi-permeable membrane (blocks gases but lets liquids pass) so after drinking that beer guys can take a whizz on the Earth from 300 miles up . . . -- Ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
