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Re:The International Space Station is growing mould, inside ... by goddtriffin on Friday June 28, 2019 @06:35PM (#20309352)
"But the spores may not be all bad though. Cortesao's research is looking for ways the space-growing fungi may help us long-term, investigating their capacity to grow in less than ideal conditions. The study's aim is to harness the hardy microbes as biological factories to create materials astronauts may use on longer missions, such as antibiotics and vitamins."

I wouldn't mind tasting some space-alcohol.

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Re:The International Space Station is growing mould, inside ... by thrax on Friday June 28, 2019 @06:44PM (#20309401)
And not that synthohol garbage they make in the replicators!
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Re:The International Space Station is growing mould, inside ... by krapp on Friday June 28, 2019 @06:53PM (#20309463)
You need the green stuff.
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Re:The International Space Station is growing mould, inside ... by Ice_cream_suit on Friday June 28, 2019 @07:51PM (#20309807)
Soylent Green is people.
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Re:The International Space Station is growing mould, inside ... by tomxor on Friday June 28, 2019 @09:18PM (#20310191)
No it's Romulan Ale silly.
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Re:The International Space Station is growing mould, inside ... by GaryNumanVevo on Friday June 28, 2019 @06:45PM (#20309417)
You're in luck! There's a company that makes beer with yeast that's been in space [0].

[0] https://vostokspacebeer.com/

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Re:The International Space Station is growing mould, inside ... by Stratoscope on Friday June 28, 2019 @07:17PM (#20309617)
I don't see anything on their site that indicates the use of yeast that has been in space. If that were the case they would surely mention it.

It looks like it's just beer in a special bottle that they say will work in zero-G.

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Re:The International Space Station is growing mould, inside ... by MPSimmons on Friday June 28, 2019 @08:02PM (#20309876)
Ground Control is the real stuff: https://www.craftbeer.com/news/beer-release/ninkasi-ground-c...
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Re:The International Space Station is growing mould, inside ... by benj111 on Saturday June 29, 2019 @04:22AM (#20311441)
How does that work?

The yeast will breed and die while fermenting, so the yeast you finish with will be different to that which you started with.

So its more like 'yeast whose forebears had gone to space'.

And do they save and reuse the batch of 'space yeast' or send a fresh batch to space for each brew?

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Re:The International Space Station is growing mould, inside ... by quickthrower2 on Saturday June 29, 2019 @07:48AM (#20312040)
Space-hooch!
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