Imagine starting your day without any coffee. Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, Tim Hortons and vany other chains thrive on our coffee addiction. Add to that the fact that many of us have already had a cup or two even before venturing out to get a cup from one of those chains. Well, an Anonymous Coward has written in to tell us of some hard-working folks who had to give up real coffee for months at a time!
For years, the hard-working astronauts aboard the ISS had to begin their day with freeze-dried, reconstituted coffee served in plastic pouches. Now, this gross injustice may finally be remedied. The resupply mission scheduled to be launched today (Tuesday) will carry a new model of space espresso maker. Manufactured by Lavazza and the Italian aerospace firm Argotec, the machine is specially designed for microgravity operation, and uses off-the-shelf Lavazza coffee packets.
(Score: 2) by Hartree on Friday April 17 2015, @01:09AM
Depends on whether coffee seems to have a big effect on heart rhythm for you. For some people it definitely does. I seem to be able to get by with swilling the stuff so far.
Not so for tobacco. I stopped smoking at 22 in 1984 and it was a good thing I did. My dad developed COPD and died of it, and I found out then that my family on that side has a very high rate of lung trouble in middle to old age.