Lavazza sending first espresso machine into space Coffee has been carried on every American space missions since Apollo 7, but the current brew leaves much to be desired. Generally, coffee on the ISS consists of plastic sacks of freeze-dried instant reconstituted with not-very-hot water. And that’s just the black coffee. The one with non-dairy creamer is apparently so bad that examples of it are very easy to find in museums and auctions. A decent cup of java may seem like a trivial thing, but small comforts are the building blocks of morale and can mean the difference between a productive space crew and a rebellious one. Since quality of life is a high priority item for NASA and other space agencies planning long-range deep space missions, and lukewarm instant coffee isn’t a very welcome way to greet the morning, a space espresso machine is less silly than it sounds at first.
Posted on: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:48:40 +0000
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