Space Coffee Maker
The aerospace company Ad
Astra Rocket and the
Costa Rican Institute of
Technology launched a
research program aimed
at developing a coffee
maker that would be
operational aboard
spacecraft.
The ambitious project
goes beyond giving
astronauts and space
tourists the chance to
enjoy freshly-brewed
coffee, since it is also
aimed at improving the
research on chemical
compounds for the
development of medicines
in space, which will be
possible through
infusions obtained using
the space era coffee
maker.
Ad Astra, located in
Guanacaste and headed by
Costa Rican former NASA
astronaut, Franklin
Chang, is currently
developing plasma engine
technology for the US
space agency. |
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