I Guess I Never Really Thought About It…

Apparently astronauts can’t just gulp down coffee in space.  It would pose a hazard because the scalding coffee droplets would end up floating around until they landed on you and scalded you…Sort of like tiny heat seeking missiles.

I am sure that this makes sense, and everyone has realized this but me…but I don’t think about space travel a whole lot.  I never considered whether the astronauts drank coffee or not.  In fact, they don’t even need to worry about running out of water because researchers are working to perfect a way to recycle urine into drinking water.

yay.  Wouldn’t you hate to be  the taste tester on that?  “Hey, nope, Sam, not quite..it is still a little yellow and…”

:::Marye deftly changes the subject:::

Well the astronauts DO drink coffee in space.  Out of a squeeze bag..or they did. But now Don Pettit, out there in space, has invented a coffee cup especially made to allow you to drink coffee in zero gravity.

I have to wonder…what does a highly caffeinated astronaut DO in space?  It gives a whole new meaning ot bouncing off the walls, doesn’t it?

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