ISSpresso on The Coders Bloghttps://thecodersblog.com/tag/isspresso/Recent content in ISSpresso on The Coders BlogHugoen-usSat, 09 May 2026 07:11:21 +0000Bitter Lessons from the ISSpresso: Engineering in Spacehttps://thecodersblog.com/isspresso-machine-lessons-2026/Sat, 09 May 2026 07:11:21 +0000https://thecodersblog.com/isspresso-machine-lessons-2026/<p>Forget your sleek, Nespresso-compatible countertop units. Imagine a device designed not just for brewing a morning pick-me-up, but for defying the fundamental laws of physics as we know them. This is the realm of the ISSpresso machine, a seemingly simple concept – making espresso in space – that blossomed into a complex, multi-million dollar engineering marvel, and in doing so, offered some stark, bitter lessons about the realities of building for the final frontier.</p>