Title: To boldy brew... Espresso in space! Post by: Alex on May 04, 2015, 09:28:23 pm Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti finally got to savor an espresso on the ISS before returning to Earth! (https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/507866792685862912/sLZiCB6w_400x400.jpeg) (https://twitter.com/astrosamantha) = her Twitter feed (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CEGKuy7VIAARhFN.jpg) (https://twitter.com/AstroSamantha/status/594910190287396865) = her toast to the Earth Title: Re:To boldy brew... Espresso in space! Post by: RobotJosefo on May 06, 2015, 06:22:53 am Drinking a coffee in zero gravity would cause a latte problems... ;)
Title: Re: To boldy brew... Espresso in space! Post by: divit on June 09, 2015, 04:13:08 pm Yeah, I imagine that floating around would make a mochary of the whole idea of a relaxing drink.
Title: Re: To boldy brew... Espresso in space! Post by: Alex on June 11, 2015, 06:36:40 pm July 11th, 2015 Update: Samantha Cristoforetti (IT) and two fellow astronauts, Terry Virts (US) and Anton Shkaplerov (RF), landed safely on Terra firma in the steppes of Kazakhstan today. Wish I could personally treat Ms. Cristoforetti to a REAL espresso and ask her a few of my thousand questions about what it's like to live in space. :) meantime there's this... "Samantha Cristoforetti's space diary: tips from 200 days in orbit" http://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2015/jun/11/samantha-cristoforetti-space-200-days-video (http://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2015/jun/11/samantha-cristoforetti-space-200-days-video) |