Beer Designed for Outer Space

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Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out about a new Australian beer designed to be drunk in space. She learns from Ian O’Neill, space producer for Discovery News website, how hard it is to drink anything in space. Download MP3

Video: Beer being tested in Zero Gravity

Tech Podcast 270: Drones in Afghanistan and Pakistan

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On this week’s podcast, we kick off with an extended version of an interview with Noah Shachtman of Wired.com. Noah’s just back from checking out the drones that are currently flying over Pakistan and Afghanistan, and he’s got a lot of interesting things to talk about. We’ll also take a trip into space to hear about a new NASA telescope, and about Sapporo’s “Space Barley” Beer.

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Sapporo’s space barley beer

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Talk about a beer that’s out of this world. Japanese brewer Sapporo is introducing Space Beer. It’s produced using malt made from barley seeds that spent five months aboard the International Space Station. Anchor Marco Werman talks about Sapporo’s new offering with “The Beer Goddess,” Lisa Morrison. Download MP3

• Lisa Morrison’s radio show: Beer O’Clock
• BBC Video: ‘Out of this world’ Japanese beer