Wanna float in space with a whisky in hand?

New York

WHEN space tourism finally takes off and the rich and famous head off for a holiday in orbit as easily as on the Riviera, they may want to sip something stronger than Tang as they gaze down at Earth.

Something like whisky, perhaps?

"When they go on a bit of an adventure, it's the thing people want to take with them," said Peter Moore, brand director for Ballantine's, the Scotch distiller.

Ballantine's is already looking ahead to that future, financing the development of a glass for sipping while floating in weightlessness, which it was to unveil on Friday.

"This is about g…