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The International Space Station (Finally) Gets an Espresso Machine
coondoggie writes NASA this week will be sending its first espresso making machine into space, letting astronauts onboard the International Space Station brew coffee, tea or other hot beverages for those long space days. Making espresso in space is no small feat, as heating the water to the right temperature – 208F – and generating enough pressure to make the brew are critical in the brewing process. And then getting it into a “cup,” well that’s nearly impossible in gravity-free space. NASA, the Italian space agency ASI, aerospace firm Argotec, and coffee company Lavazza have come up with en experimental machine that will deliver the espresso into what basically amounts to a sippy pouch.
All they need now is a nonfat/soy cow so they can make latte.
if only there were some way to dehydrate or freeze-dry coffee to make instant coffee. Then all this expensive and dangerous technology would not be needed and they could have had coffee years ago.
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
Can you get to 208 degrees F at the internal pressure at which the space station is maintained?
No, they cannot because they use SI units.
NASA this week
Eh. Try "This week, NASA..."
will be send
Ahem.
its first espresso making machine into space [comma] letting astronauts onboard the International Space Station brew coffee
for those long space days.
Err, for those what? The only thing you can remotely call a "day" on the ISS is about 90 minutes long.
making the water heat
Or "heating the water" as we say in English...
And then getting it into a “cup,” well that’s nearly impossible in gravity-free space.
And writing an article in proper journalistic English, well that's nearly impossible if you insist on writing down words as if you were speaking them out loud and don't bother editing them afterwards.
Also low-Earth orbit is not "gravity-free."
Can we please not link to articles that appear to have been written by a well-read LOLcat?
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
You put water in a pot and apply heat. That heat then makes its way to the water, heating the water.
Whoa, slow down cowboy. This is a lot of new information to process all at once.
But, in zero G without the sippy cup, the hot liquid coffee fills your lungs with excitement.
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