Far-out Space Food

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Imagine yourself as a part of a new multi-planetary species, traveling throughout the solar system. What would your eating experience be like on such a journey? The Zero G concept brand sheds light on what meal time might look like for future humans in space… and it’s more about preservation than presentation.

It provides food and beverages as well as onboard recycling services. It features magnetic trays as well as food and water packaging with straightforward labeling. Each is made from highly recyclable, ultralight materials specifically designed for use in weightless conditions.

Designer: Louis Berger

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Tony Hawk Pro Skater: Zero Gravity Edition

I don’t have the skill or the agility to even get on a skateboard. Forget doing tricks. So I’m impressed the stuff Tony Hawk just does here on Earth. Now he’s skateboarding in zero gravity on a good old “vomit comet”.

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In this fun video, both Tony Hawk and Aaron “Jaws” Homoki have a great time testing their zero g skills. It’s nice to see that as cool as these guys are here on Earth, they have trouble skateboarding in a zero g environment. Now you know how I feel. It’s not so easy is it?

Despite the obvious difficulty at first, they actually do pretty good once they figure out which way is up. As far as I know, neither of them vomited either, which is a nice bonus.

[via Sploid via Geekologie]

ISS ready for new zero-g experiments, students asked to float ideas

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Those secret space experiments you've been scheming? They may never happen if you try to go it alone. Fortunately, the space science group NCESSE can get you a ride, having started the countdown for its fifth wave of microgravity experiments aboard the International Space Station. US and international students from grade 5 up to university level can submit ideas until September 12th, 2012, with final culling by December 7. The mini-labs -- which can include experiments in seed germination or crystal growth, for example -- are set to be ferried aboard a SpaceX flight in April 2013. Three similar missions have flown nearly 60 student experiments already, with a fourth set as soon as the Falcon 9 craft deigns to go. If you've got a flat-out good idea being prevented by big G, hit the source to see how you could get it fired off to the ISS.

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