I think it is normal
for a business to have a desire to expand its operation. There are
those who feel international expansion is not enough. The winemaking
industry in the eastern European country of Georgia wants to expand
its operation beyond earth and on an intergalactic level. I would
consider the desire to have an intergalactic business model quite a
lofty goal. Georgia who want to be the first country to have a
winemaking operation located on Mars. I'm sure they've had such
success with their wine industry, they are ready to make expansion
plans that involve the universe. They are preparing for the initial
step of growing grapes on Mars. If this goes well, I wonder if they
will try to have winemaking operations on Venus, Saturn and other
planets in our galaxy. I'm sure once they succeed, their
intergalactic grapes and wine will be quite popular.
Below are some excerpts
from the story with my valuable insights in italics.
Nestling between the Great
The Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea, Georgia has a mild climate that
is perfect for vineyards and has developed a thriving wine tourism
industry.
Now Nikoloz Doborjginidze
has co-founded a project to develop grape varieties that can be grown
on Mars.
"Georgians were the
first winemakers on Earth and now we hope to pioneer viticulture on
the planet next door," he told AFP.
I can only imagine
everything from martian grape juice to martian grape flavored jams
and jellies, as well as martian grape ice cream and more, will be the
hot ticket item back here on earth. I'm sure this will lead to
future wine tasting trips from the earth.
“I'm glad you could make it to our martian wine
tasting tour. First, let me start you off with some Mariner Valley
wine. It has a sweet but robust flavor. Next well will have a white
wine we grow near the Tharsis volcanoes that are known for being dry
yet very flavorful. I hope you consider trying our Chablis made in
Valles Marineris.”
“Has your martian
wine won any awards?”
“We've won every
martian wine contest in every category.”
“Aren't you the only
company making wine on Mars?”
“What's your point?”
“What's your point?”
After NASA called for the
public to contribute ideas for a "sustained human presence"
on the Red Planet, a group of Georgian researchers and entrepreneurs
got together to propel the country's winemaking onto an
interplanetary level.
Their project is called IX
Millennium—a reference to Georgia's long history of wine-making.
These Georgians have
some extremely interesting ideas when it comes to traveling through
space to distant planets. They weren't interested in developing
things to consume to sustain lie or some type of shelter or other
things required to survive. These industrious eastern Europeans
wanted to make alcohol. I guess they consider it to be one small
cabernet sauvignon for man and one giant pinot noir leap for mankind.
The scientists collected
bacteria from regions of Georgia with "extreme ecosystems"
such as hot sulfurous springs, then bred strains capable of living
in Martian conditions, she says.
The idea is for the
bacteria to transform the lifeless surface of Mars into fertile soil
"on which future colonists will be able to cultivate plants",
she said.
I find it interesting
that scientists are willing to transform the lifeless surface of Mars
into fertile soil. I'm sure this research will benefit people here
on earth. We have places where people live that are nothing but
lifeless surfaces. If it succeeds on Mars, maybe this can be done in
some of the lifeless surfaces here on earth where people like to
live. I'm sure the individuals who live in these places would be
more than willing to learn how to grow grapes and make wine.
The plants will grow in a
special facility located inside a trendy Tbilisi hotel, laid out in
vertically stacked layers with carefully controlled temperature,
light and humidity.
The next step will be to
test Georgian grape varieties in a simulated Martian environment in a
laboratory now under construction at the Business and Technology
University.
"Plants will be
subjected to sub-zero (Celsius) temperatures, high levels of
radiation and carbon monoxide (and) high-altitude air pressure,"
said BTU Dean Nino Enukidze.
I can imagine telling
the researchers about the experiment.
“The bad news is we
are going to subject our grape plants to sub-zero temperatures and
high amounts of carbon monoxide as well as radiation and
high-altitude pressure.”
“Is there good news?”
“Yes, we are going to
be doing this at the trendy Tbilisi hotel in a special facility
there.”
“Will we be able to
order room service while we work?”
“I'll have to check.”
Let's face it if you
are going to work hard to simulate the Martian environment, what
better place than a trendy hotel? You wake up, expose grape plants
to high-altitude pressure, radiation, and carbon monoxide then call
it a day. You have dinner and drinks at the bar, enjoy the hotel's
sauna and pool then get up in the morning and start all over again.
There should never be research without room service.
"In the distant
future, Martian colonists will be able to grow plants directly in
Martian soil," said Tusia Garibashvili, founder of Space Farms
the company, part of the IX Millennium project.
I'm sure future Martian
colonists will sit back after a hard day and work and enjoy a
relaxing glass of martian malbec wine. They'll toast to the pioneers
from Georgia who had the foresight to realize the importance of wine.
They may not have all the things necessary to make survival easy for
them, but they will have wine. Martian colonists may even try
growing some hops and barley to create martian beer.
Here is a link to the
story.
https://phys.org/news/2019-04-grapes-mars-georgia-winemakers-aiming.html
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