Comments on: Cheers! Japanese Brewery Produces Space Beer… But What's the Point?

By: zen

zen — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:46:41 +0000

How ironic that an ex-communist country and the Japanese are out marketing the Capitalist Pig Americans.First it`s the Japanese auto makers that are kicking our butts and now the Russians with their Space tourists at 20 million a pop.Where is Madison Ave. when you need `em.

By: confused

confused — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:26:11 +0000

yeah but i read it when i was about 16……..i am waiting for some comment about me being an Epsilon or similar

By: Huygens

Huygens — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:47:24 +0000

Guess not.

By: Huygens

Huygens — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:33:57 +0000

Ever read Aldous Huxley's Brave New World?

By: confused

confused — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:11:57 +0000

hehe well i am glad i made you happy about something

i dont live in any sort of sun-drenched valley and i am not a huge fan of bunnies. i guess i just try and stay optimistic, try and see a good side to any situation and give things a chance even if i dont like them at first or at all……..its more fun than complaining

By: Huygens

Huygens — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:42:35 +0000

We can't all live in the Happy Sunshine Valley of Rainbow Bunnies like you do apparently, my dear.

But I am deeply flattered that you read everything I write. I am not at all bitter about that.

By: confused

confused — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:32:08 +0000

hahaha huygens you are so bitter, maybe it would be better if you did just hide away from society. at least if you did that we would not have to read about you complaining about every story that gets put up on this site.

By: Huygens

Huygens — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:28:47 +0000

Gee, thanks, confused. I'll just hide away from society til things get better. You've solved all my problems, you and your tatoos!

Today's kids may have more access to information and better technology, but clearly their intellects and taste in things have not improved along with them.

By: confused

confused — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:34:15 +0000

dont ask for forgiveness Huygens just realise people will like things that you dont. while you might think its a culture of "ugliness and crudeness" that does not mean it needs to go away.

if you dont like what is on tv dont watch, if you dont like the music dont listen but like YOU said if you really dont like it move to north korea

By: DrNecropolis

DrNecropolis — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:07:03 +0000

Hmmm, how to separate the carbonation from the beverage to drink a beer in space… Now we have a project I can get behind. Specially trained Alconauts, whose sole mission is to figure out a way to brew and drink beer in space. Could you use a specially designed grommet, like in Guinness? It could be attached to the top of the beer pouch, and only releases a tiny amount of the nitrogen when a sip is being taken, to minimize belching.

By: PaulS

PaulS — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:07:13 +0000

This demonstrates why we need artificial gravity: so we can drink beer (and other carbonated beverages) in space and keep it down!

Guinness: get busy on that artificial gravity unit!

By: Huygens

Huygens — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:13:18 +0000

Forgive me if I think today's tastes in what is considered to be attractive and what passes for music, entertainment, and news appears to be degenerating with each passing year.

No, don't forgive me – it is a culture of ugliness and crudeness and it needs to go away.

Don't like my views – move to North Korea, where you aren't allowed any views but the State.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:51:42 +0000

And Huygens must think the Japanese have a writing system that looks like fish. How silly of him.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:50:28 +0000

Really?!?! and Jorge:
I'm not much of a beer fan (I prefer the hard stuff), but I have tried Sopporo (pronounced "soap-poh-roh") while visiting Japan and it was pretty good (better than most of the American stuff I've tried. Which admittedly isn't very much.) I did prefer it over Asashi and Kirin (two other of Japan's big beer companies). Still haven't tried Suntory yet.

By: formulaterp

formulaterp — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:50:15 +0000

word tatoos? Looks a like a fish to me. Maybe she just really likes fish.

By: Ian O'Neill

Ian O'Neill — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:52:02 +0000

Hi Jorge, so funny you should mention that! I literally just posted an article on this subject: http://www.astroengine.com/?p=2518

I agree, this is a huge publicity stunt, but I'm really happy for any company who supports any space research, whether it is seen as a marketing ploy or not. However, i really think Sapporo should have issued some specific advertising posters for space beer, that would have had an even bigger impact.

Nice to see industry working with space agencies and research institutions

Cheers! Ian

By: Jorge

Jorge — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:22:01 +0000

Heh. Thanks for the chuckles.

Anyway, the point is, of course, to have plenty of free advertising from (and to) people all over the world who think the idea of making beer with space crops is cool. I, who had never heard of Sapporo Beer, now know that there are also breweries in Japan. Mission accomplished. Arigato, O'Neillo-san…

Because, you see, we don't actually need the beer to know we can grow grain in orbit. Therefore the beer is a marketing gimmick and only that.

Still, if space industry can profit from this kind of advertising, why not? It's mostly harmless.

By: confused

confused — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:33:12 +0000

Hey Huygens, I have tatoos, I think they are cool AND I have been told they look sexy. I dont really see why you have to take issue with this, everyone is into differnt stuff. There is no need to fall off your rocking chair old timer

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:04:03 +0000

How many pounds of barley were actually grown to produce all of this beer? Or was just a token amount of space grain used and diluted with Earth grain?

By: Really?!?!

Really?!?! — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:38:13 +0000

hmmm… Japanese Beer??

Next time let's give our space-barley to the Belgians.

Delicious!

By: Assi

Assi — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:07:34 +0000

this is so, so unnecessary

By: Space Cadet (OWL)

Space Cadet (OWL) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:17:16 +0000

"Cheers! Japanese Brewery Produces Space Beer… But What's the Point?"

It's beer! Why does it need to have a point? SALUD!

By: Huygens

Huygens — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:22:56 +0000

Regarding that ad, what is it with women with word tatoos these days? Today's generation thinks it is sexy to look like a wall covered in grafitti?

Oh, look, Angelina Jolie has tatoos just like in that movie where they can curve bullets, so it must be cool!

By: Dominion

Dominion — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:50:46 +0000

what if the barley had been exposed to cosmic rays? perhaps the drinkers would gain extraordinary powers. Jackie Chan should get some for his Drunken Boxing style.

By: Yael Dragwyla

Yael Dragwyla — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:48:15 +0000

Novelty items like this can be very useful for promoting space ventures of all kinds, and growing the barley in space proves that we can grow crops in microgravity or gravity-free environments, meaning yes, we can survive in space for extended lengths of time. Marketing the beer to the wealthy just may be a way to help finance space ventures, too, and in times like these, anything that helps should be appreciated. I'm all for it.