NEW DELHI: Bengaluru-based aerospace startup, Team Indus, may launch a spacecraft on-board ISRO ’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle ( PSLV ) to conduct a series of experiments on the Moon including brewing beer to observe survival-duration of yeast in space.The interesting information was shared by the government in response to a Parliament Question, asked by the Trinamool Congress member Sisir Kumar Adhikari on Wednesday. He wanted to know whether an Indian Spacecraft is planning to brew beer on the Moon.Though the minister of state in the Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh told the House in his written response that there was no plan to brew beer on the Moon by any spacecraft to be made by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), he while referring to certain media reports noted that the Team Indus is “proposing an experiment to brew beer on the Moon using yeast”.The Team Indus a privately funded team under the Bengaluru-based Axiom Research Labs Private Limited.The minister said, “As understood, the aim of this experiment is to test and observe the survivability of yeast in space and how it performs under Moon’s gravity conditions. The experiment plans to brew a small batch of beer in space”.The minister informed the House that the Team Indus is competing for the Google Lunar XPRIZE competition towards building a spacecraft capable of soft landing and roving on the Moon. “The spacecraft is proposed to be launched on-board ISRO’s PSLV under a commercial launch agreement”, he said.According to reports, the $30M Google Lunar XPRIZE is a global competition to challenge and inspire engineers and entrepreneurs to develop low-cost methods of robotic space exploration. The Team Indus is reportedly the only Indian team competing for the Google Lunar XPRIZE. Besides experiment on brewing beer on Moon, this aerospace start-up has planned 25 more experiments including photosynthesis and water recycling.Responding to Adhikari’s question on universal rules on Moon lander, the minister said that the activities in outer space including Moon and other celestial bodies are governed by UN treaties on outer space activities.“These treaties and policies govern the scientific exploratory activities in outer space, Moon and other celestial bodies using human made spacecraft, landers, rovers etc. without causing harmful contaminations to the environment in outer space, Moon and other celestial bodies and to Earth as well by bringing extra-terrestrial materials. Such activities need to be authorized by the State concerned (country)”, said Singh.