Besides a ukulele, some poetry, and NFTs , the all-civilian crew of SpaceX’s Inspiration4 mission also brought along 66 pounds of hops, which will …
Besides a ukulele, some poetry, and NFTs, the all-civilian crew of SpaceX’s Inspiration4 mission also brought along 66 pounds of hops, which will be given to Samuel Adams Boston Brewery to concoct a limited-edition « space beer. » Jared Isaacman, the billionaire owner of Fast4Company funding the Inspiration4 mission, sent a tweet in August calling to auction off the hops load to a brewery to benefit St. Jude children’s hospital. « Space hops! Far out, » the Sam Adams Twitter account tweeted back. « We’ll take this to the brewery team. » The company got its head brewer, David Grinell, on the phone with the Inspiration4 team prior to Wednesday’s launch to iron out the details of the beer production, a spokesperson told Insider. As part of the hops acquisition, Sam Adams has also agreed to donate $100,000 to St.
