Malting barley IN SPACE!!

[RPh_Guy]

https://phys.org/news/2019-12-spacex-robot-beer-malt-mighty.html
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2...space-beer-experiment-scheduled-for-take-off/
https://www.issnationallab.org/blog/malting-barley-in-microgravity/

"there are barley grains aboard the Dragon [rocket] for a beer-malting experiment by Anheuser-Busch. It's the third in a series of Budweiser experiments to look at how barley germination is affected by weightlessness."

I, for one, welcome our new ABI overlords.

 

[Zuljin]

Yep. We're going to Mars. When they start trying to make beer for it, that's when it's serious.

 

[Robert65]

Can't send people on a multi year camping trip to Mars without all the essentials of life, and most of them are too expensive in terms of fuel to take along and must be produced on site: food crops, air, water, and of course beer! What is really needed is a robotic plant that will be sent ahead to dig up and ameliorate soil, grow some barley and hops, and brew some beer, so that as soon as the thirsty astronauts land after months in space and set up camp, a cold one will be ready and waiting to crack open.