Space Scientists develop space ale Dutch scientists are on their way to cracking one of the most urgent problems of the space era - how an astronaut can get a decent beer in zero gravity. The first challenge has been how to get the ale out of the barrel. Britain's New Scientist magazine reports the revolutionary container has a flexible membrane which contains the beer inside the barrel.
Air is pumped between the barrel wall and the membrane to force the beer out.
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