Does Cappuccino Foam Rise At Zero Gravity?
from the we'll-find-out dept
In recent years, there's been increased talk about the role of private companies in the space industry. Typically, the discussion has to do with the potential for for-profit space tourism, or something similar. But at a recent conference, there was talk about the expanding role for private companies to play. Already, Google has a relationship with NASA. The idea was also thrown out there that at some point, a company like Starbucks might set up shop in space, so that semi-permanent residents could still get their fix. It might sound like a joke, or something from a bad sci-fi movie, but there's a serious aspect of it. In the future, a diverse range of private sector companies will have to have a role for outer space to truly become an industry. Of course, Starbucks has no need to exit the orbit just yet; the company says it can double its existing number of US locations. And you thought there was already a Starbucks everywhere.![Hide This Hide this](https://ii.techdirt.com/s/t/i/topclose.png)
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So in a few years...
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Hazelnut Creamers
They're not into that in the Deep South -- people here just like their fresh-brewed iced teas.
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O rly?
You think?
They'll have no problems; Starbucks isn't bound by pesky irritants like the laws of space and time.
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Ahh..no
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Coffee in Space?
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what's the answer?
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Re:
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Forget the coffee give me a beer.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/Zarelab/guinness
http://www.stanford.edu/group/Zarelab/gui nness/ZareBeerStanford.mpg
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Re: Ahh..no
In 50 years, assuming you're a professional of some kind receiving pay worthy of a professional, and assuming you're still alive, no reason you couldn't be sitting on the Moon having your Starbucks, staring up at the Earth.
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Does Cappuccino Foam Rise At Zero Gravity?
from the "ouch-that's-hot" department
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Re: Hazelnut Creamers
We do like our sweet tea, but you can get your coffee fix as you described at either the QT or BP gas stations...
Y'all come back now, ya hear?!?!
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Pesky trees.
would the cappuccino still foam? yes, foam is caused by a gas within the liquid in which the gas is less dense than the liquid, the foamy stuff is gas that doesn't have enough force to break the surface tension of the liquid. the reason the foam is on top here on earth is due to the gravitational effect of the earth on the liquid and the foam, there is more pull on the liquid than the gas. in zero gravity (and where does zero gravity exist, outside of using acceleration to produce a zero gravity effect, exactly?) you would have the liquid at the center of the blob surrounded by the foam. from the perspective of the liquid the foam would be rising, but from the perspective of yourself you couldn't say that the foam was just rising.
of course, zero gravity isn't tangible. all matter attracts all other matter. this is gravity. if you have liquid you have matter therefore you have gravity.
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It won't happen until we get property rights...
My contention is that the only thing that will actually drive true colonization is money (at least initially). This is not unprecedented… after all, this is how the Americas were colonized. When people can make money by going into space, they will. Mining will probably be the first activity that can make money without too much stretch on the imagination. It’s also got a pretty easily definable ROI.
But who's going to spend billions and billions of dollars to develop a mine when someone can just plop down next to you in 'X' number of years and mine your ore?
"Outer Space" property rights are a fascinating subject... and I don't know if anyone (like the UN) has done anything on this. I remember someone was selling land on the moon a few decades back – but I think this was pretty much a scam.
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$$$
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Pillage the moon
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Space-only coupon?
all they have to add is Orbital Starbucks Only...
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RE pillage moon
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Starbucks rant
Whenever I go in there to buy a simple cup of coffee, they expect me to participate in the �Starbucks Experience�. And if I order my coffee �wrong�, I get corrected by some minimum-wage-twit who couldn�t articulate their way home. They don�t sell their coffees in Small, Medium or Large. NOOOOO! They have some pretentious bullshit names like Tall (which is small), Grande and Venti. WTF? Venti is not even a word � it is a Starbucks word � look closely at the menu, they have the word Venti trademarked! They made up the f----ng word! And then they train their staff to not respond to normal words like, �I would like a small cup of coffee.� They ask me, �You mean a Tall?� Let me see � I�m looking at three cups: a short one, a medium one and a tall one. I don�t want the tall one, I didn't bring that much money � I want the short f---er! Read my f----ng lips: IT IS NOT TALL, IT IS SHORT! Goddamn � no wonder the poor bastards who work at Starbucks are dyslexic. I can see it now � guys, let�s use the Starbucks method for sizing up our c----s. Here, some poor guy has the shortest one, but we will call it the Long C---k. Then someone with a medium-sized c---k is now Mondo and the guy with the big honker gets to call it Bando. That's right - Bando. I made up that word and you have to use it or I will ignore you. And every woman/man can take pleasure in knowing that her/his man is at least Long. And what is with these other Starbucks code words, like �With Room� or �Extra Shot�? How f----ng pretentious is that? I even notice Starbucks Snobs in line practicing their order so they can whiz through all the special vernacular so, are you ready for this, they can ORDER A CUP OF COFFEE. I would go on, but I am getting hungry. I�m heading over to Geno's to get a cheese steak wit. Later.
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I wish I'd written that - grabbed it from craigslist
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Re: Pesky trees.
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