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KEVIN McCALLUM: Silent, bigoted or brave, the stars look very different today
The Australians have taken one small step for man, one giant sip for mankind with the news that they have developed a beer that can be drunk in space. As Drinksfeed.com puts it: "In July 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong went to the moon with a Buzz. And pretty soon, so can you." It has taken them a decade for Vostok, an Australian start-up that is a collaboration between 4 Pines Beer and Saber Astronautics, to come up with a beer that will be able to be tasted in space. The beer will not make you burp and avoids the mess of being poured, flowing into the electronics and perhaps causing another Major Tom incident. They have found that the best beer is an Irish-style stout, which will be good news for Bob Geldof, who said five years ago that he wants to become the first Irishman in space. The Australians have come up with some grand inventions. The black box recorder for planes, the electric drill, Google maps, the electronic pacemaker, Wi-Fi, the ultrasound scanner and permanent crease...
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