苏格兰与日本合研项目 将在太空研究威士忌酿造
格拉斯哥大学与日本九州工业大学的研究人员准备将10毫升威士忌和一块橡木桶碎片送入轨道，搭载于小型立方星（CubeSat）卫星。该项目计划2028年发射，样品将在太空微重力和剧烈温度变化环境中暴露最长五年。一种可快速化学分析的「人工舌」将监测威士忌与木材成分的变化。研究团队表示，该研究有望揭示如何在轨道上提取乙醇，或为新一代表药物研发铺路。
A joint Scottish-Japanese project to study whisky making in space may pave the way for a new generation of medicines.
Researchers from the University of Glasgow and the Kyushu Institute of Technology are preparing to send 10ml of whisky and a cask fragment into orbit aboard a small CubeSat satellite.
The project, which is set to launch in 2028, will see both samples subjected to the microgravity and rapidly changing temperature conditions of space for up to five years.
An artificial ‘tongue’ which allows rapid chemical analysis will monitor both the whisky and the wood to detect changes in their composition over the course of the experiment.
The team behind the project suggested their research would shed light on how ethanol can be extracted in orbit.
This could potentially pave the way for orbital factories capable of creating molecules that are difficult or impossible to synthesise on Earth, especially those with medical applications.
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