Space Business Podcast #108 - Chris Carberry: Alcohol in Space

Alcohol in Space 🍸 – that is actually the title of an existing book, written by Chris Carberry, who is also the CEO of Explore Mars. Chris is our guest this week and we’re talking about everything alcohol in space – from the history of liquor consumption in space, over its effects in microgravity, all the way to what kind of drinks we may produce in space in the future. Cheers & enjoy!

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Timestamps

0:00 Intro

2:22 Chris background

3:49 The history of alcohol in Space

8:47 Taste in space

11:57 Alcohol on private missions like Ax-3

13:09 Current rules

14:04 Religious use

14:53 Reasons for current prohibition

17:04 Physiological impact of alcohol in space

18:25 Fully private missions

20:17 Upcoming space stations

22:20 Examples of liquor companies interested in space

25:30 Space Cargo Unlimited and its wine on the ISS

28:12 Producing alcohol in space

32:32 Potential future for alcohol in space

36:15 Sub-Orbital spaceflights

38:09 Other alcohol-related space business opportunities

40:38 Chris's favorite drink

41:03 Drinks that are connected to places in space

42:27 Sci-Fi and alcohol in space