The BB of C has a short video report on Planet Earth’s first ever Space Beer. Those cunning Japanese brewed the beer from barley grown on the international space station, part of an experiment to see what plants and crops can be grown in microgravity environments for possible future long-endurance manned space missions. I will be scanning New Scientist eagerly for follow up news of zero gravity, late night kebab shops. It’s one small drop for a beer, one great bottle for beerkind.

Meantime, back on Earth, anyone want to lay bets as to how long before the smegheads at the Portman Group claim that Space Beer glamourises alcohol and thus encourages underage space cadets to drink?