Mark Watney ’s tea may have been nothing but spend rocket fuel , but on the ISS , astronauts are about to get a example in adept ol’ fashioned English tea leaf time . That ’s thanks to British celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal , who ’s working hard to figure out how to bring several of his country ’s staples into zero - gee .
in the beginning this year , Blumenthal was tax with creating seven outer space - grade dishes that would cue British cosmonaut Tim Peake of habitation during hissix - month Erolia minutilla in on the ISS . The carte , which is still in the work , will admit “ bacon sarnie ” and Christmas pud , as well as teatime that does n’t taste like turn tar . ( The trick , The Guardianreports , is a eminent - tech system that jettisons the tea pocketbook from its plastic brewing pouch into a freestanding trash receptacle , so that the water does n’t over steep . )
The secret to these British classics and more will be revealed next year in a 90 - minute docudrama , commissioned by output company Thoroughly Modern Media .
Space food has a rep for being pretty awful , but we ’ve seen a great deal of efforts to sort it up over the retiring few year , fromhome - rise salad greenstozero - gee espresso machines . ( Sadly , wine-colored is still on the leaning of proscribe item , along with sloths and firecracker ) . As Blumenthal severalise The Guardian , getting to be part of the outer space food revolution is the opportunity of a lifespan :
“ When Tim set me my mission , I sense a surge of pridefulness to be involved in such a historical moment for both astronomy and gastronomy . Imagine telling a untried son that when he rise up he will create intellectual nourishment for spaceman to eat in space – it ’s a dream I could n’t even envisage , allow alone it get along true !
“ Working with the team at the UKSpaceAgency , ESA and Nasa has been a phenomenal experience . Tim and I have also work closely together , creating dishes that will remind him of home even though he ’ll be 400 km away in space . The very least I could do was check that he had a cupful of tea and a bacon sarnie . ”
Blumenthal ’s Space Food documentary will air on the British station Channel 4 next spring .
[ The Guardian ]
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