Previously, Japan's Suntory Brewing Company had sent a batch of whiskey in the space station, but the astronauts wanted to enjoy these wines, and they needed a special glass to drink in the microgravity environment. You know, tasting these whiskies through a special wine glass is definitely more elegant than a sealed vacuum bag. Recently, Ballantine, the famous whisky producer, cooperated with Open Space Agency to print the first space glass that can drink whiskey in space microgravity. Unfortunately, it is strictly forbidden for astronauts to drink alcoholic beverages on the International Space Station. However, even if you can't drink alcohol, this space glass can also be loaded with other non-alcoholic beverages for astronauts to enjoy. Let's take a closer look at the glass of this space age. Although it looks like a normal whiskey glass, its internal structure is very complicated. Among them, surface tension is the key. The 3D printed wine glass has a spiral spiral pipe on the wall, from the mouth of the cup to the bottom of the cup. In the weightless state, the pipe produces a surface tension sufficient to suck the beverage up, and then has a rose gold insert at the mouth of the cup, and the astronauts can enjoy a perfect drinking experience with a single suck. In addition, there is a cover on the glass to cover the glass on the glass and will not scatter. Since it is a wine glass that can be used in space, it is definitely not just that simple. It is reported that the development team installed a custom nozzle with a check valve at the bottom of the glass, through which the whiskey is poured into the glass, and there is a 3D printed rose gold spiral on the bottom, which can keep the whiskey in the glass through the surface tension. bottom of. After the design was completed, the development team sent it to the ZARM tower in Bremen, Germany for microgravity testing. During the test, the whiskey stayed at the bottom of the cup as expected, and then spiraled up to the mouth of the cup along the rose gold spiral. “This space glass is 3D printed, this is the technology of the future. This is how we make things in space. There is now a 3D printer on the International Space Station. Astronauts can print their own space glasses in this way. This can solve the problem of how astronauts drink water. This matter needs to be solved sooner or later," said James Parr, founder of OSA. GlazeKing Ceramics TechnologyCo.,Ltd. , https://www.glazekingceramics.com
