{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Wine (and other booze) in Space: Why, how, and some unexpected weirdness | S21E6","description":"Why did researchers send wine to space? Why is wine normally not allowed in space? Why did astronauts smuggle hooch into space anyway? We answer all these questions and more, address wet burps, a toilet tea party, and bring it home with how to smuggle cognac into space in this Season 21 Finale of the Glass in Session\u00ae Winecast. Resources from this episode: Websites:&amp;nbsp; BBC: Why astronauts are banned from getting drunk in space, Lufkin, B. (20 February 2017)  https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20170217-why-astronauts-are-banned-from-getting-drunk-in-space Business Insider: Astronauts are banned from drinking alcohol at work, but this hasn\u2019t stopped them from sneaking everything from communion wine to cognac into space, Bhaimiya S. (23 August 2023)  https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/space-astronauts-booze-alcohol-drank-ban-examples-2023-8 Cordis Europa: What does fine wine taste like after more than a year in space? (Updated 8 April 2021)  https:\/\/cordis.europa.eu\/article\/id\/429608-trending-science-what-does-fine-wine-taste-like-after-more-than-a-year-in-space Decanter: Petrus Revealed as Wine Aged in Space, Mercer, C. (Updated 25 March 2021)  https:\/\/www.decanter.com\/wine-news\/petrus-wine-space-research-project-455239\/ Financial Times: Space Wine: What a trip to the stars did for a case of Petrus, Anson, J. (7 April 2021) https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/39c6ae7f-d2c8-4584-bac1-bb270c26cf2b London Daily: (27 March 2026)  https:\/\/londondaily.com\/french-wine-that-spent-more-than-a-year-in-orbit-on-international-space-station-could-fetch-1m-at-auction NASA: Meteors and Meteorites Facts https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/solar-system\/meteors-meteorites\/facts\/ New Scientist: Beer in Space: A short but frothy history, Davidson, A. (31 July 2007)  https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn12388-beer-in-space-a-short-but-frothy-history\/ Russia Beyond: Space Smugglers: How Russian cosmonauts sneak booze into outer space, Levkovich, Y. (12 April 2017)  https:\/\/www.rbth.com\/science_and_tech\/2017\/04\/12\/space-smugglers-how-russian-cosmonauts-sneak-booze-into-outer-space_740566 Space.com: Red wine in space may age faster than on Earth, study finds, Weitering, H. (5 May 2021) https:\/\/www.space.com\/red-wine-in-space-aged-faster Other Podcasts Relevant to this Episode: Jane Anson: Inside Bordeaux Podcasts https:\/\/janeanson.com\/podcasts Wine Scholar Guild: Mastering Bordeaux \u2026 A Primer with Jane Anson (23 March 2018)  https:\/\/www.winescholarguild.com\/blog\/wine-culture\/podcast-jane-anson-andrew-jefford-on-bordeaux Glass in Session Episodes Relevant to this Episode: &amp;nbsp; S3E5: Wine and Oxygen from Grapes to Glass  https:\/\/glassinsession.libsyn.com\/s3e5-wine-oxygen-from-grapes-to-glass S21E4: Booze Disasters https:\/\/glassinsession.libsyn.com\/booze-disasters-s21e4 S21E5: Little Red Riding Hood\u2019s Wine - Fairy Tale Turned Drunk History?  https:\/\/glassinsession.libsyn.com\/little-red-riding-hoods-wine-fairy-tale-turned-drunk-history-s21e5 Glass in Session\u00ae swag mentioned in this show: https:\/\/www.teepublic.com\/user\/glass-in-session Glass in Session\u00ae is a registered trademark of Vino With Val, LLC. Music:&amp;nbsp; \u201cWrite Your Story\u201d by Joystock (Jamendo.com cc_Standard License, Jamendo S.A.) ","author_name":"Glass In Session\u00ae Winecast","author_url":"http:\/\/glassinsession.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40649060\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/200200870"}