NASA also got in on the action showing us that sometimes, the whole world appears green.
Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Green from space. We have @Space_Station aurora views: [video] https://t.co/UG1x2YutsO pic.twitter.com/FBpXJ5OIhd
— NASA (@NASA) March 17, 2015
In 2011 the Ardbeg Distillery in Scotland partnered with Texas space research company NanoRacks to launch a vial of unmatured malt and charred oak pieces into orbit. The vial was launched on a Russian Soyuz rocket later that same year while an identical vial was kept as a control in the Ardbeg distillery. On September 12th, 2014 the vial is scheduled to return to Earth so the two can be compared. The hope in the experiment is to see how microgravity conditions affect the maturation process of whisky.
Since its first mention people have been worried about "Palcohol" and what teens will do when they get their hands on it. Brent Rose from Wired experiments with homemade powdered alcohol to prove that those concerns are unfounded and in fact powdered alcohol in most cases is probably more trouble than it's worth.
