hh5 Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 burrrrrpppppppppppppppppp!!!!! A Colorado sixth-grader is set to make history as the first person to experiment with brewing beer in space. Michal Bodzianowski, 11, recently won a national competition sponsored by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education to have his beer-making experiment flown to the International Space Station for testing, KDVR.com reported. Michal's experiment, which tests the fermentation process in microgravity, was one of only 11 chosen to be launched into space. He hopes to travel to Cape Canaveral, Fla., in December to watch the launch, according to the report. “I really didn’t expect this from the start. I just designed this experiment to get a good grade in my class,” Michal, a student at Douglas County's STEM School and Academy, told KDVR.com. The Denver Post reported that Michal came up with the idea after reading a book called "Gruesome Facts" that discussed beer's popularity in the Middle Ages. The project is designed to determine if the by-products of beer have potential medical uses. Michal wrote in his project proposal that beer is "an important factor in future civilization as an emergency backup hydration and medical source." The experiment, when launched, will be in a 6-inch-long silicon tube, with clasps segregating hops, malted barley, yeast and water. Once the project has arrived at the space station, an astronaut will execute Michal's experiment, according to the Denver Post.
Sasha Distan Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 Because science is cool as fuck! and gets astronauts drunk! 1
mickey1952 Posted October 13, 2013 Posted October 13, 2013 Is it even legal for a sixth grader in Colorado to brew beer? Lol! Good for him, no matter what. How many of us will ever get an experiment on the ISS?
JamesSavik Posted October 14, 2013 Posted October 14, 2013 The way school administrators have been over reacting and acting with no common sense, I'm surprised the kid's family wasn't arrested, the kid charged with possession of alcohol and put in foster care. 1
hh5 Posted October 15, 2013 Author Posted October 15, 2013 branding coming next after a successful experiment
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