DailyDirt: Space Food
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Most people's idea of astronaut food is freeze-dried ice cream -- which astronauts don't actually eat anymore. But with all the commercial space ventures that are trying to create a space tourism industry, maybe there should be more culinary options for zero gravity meals. Here are just a few examples of space food that might be better than a packet of salted peanuts.- Making bread in space isn't too easy, especially if you want it to have the same consistency as normal Earth-bound bread. A teenager has proposed a bread recipe for astronauts that involves low pressure aeration of flour dough and low temperature cooking. [url]
- NASA created specially-prepared food for Apollo astronauts in the 1960s. An example meal is on display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, and it looks just as unappetizing as it did several decades ago. [url]
- University of Colorado Boulder students are working on a robotic farming system for growing food for astronauts in space. This project is meant to support long-term missions such as a journey to Mars, and the automated system will attempt to seed plants, monitor plant growth, harvest and process crop residues. [url]
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1969.. what did they eat on the moon?
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Re: 1969.. what did they eat on the moon?
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Re: 1969.. what did they eat on the moon?
http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/07/food-of-the-apollo-11-lunar-landing/
It's sort of a paste that you sucked through a straw. They contained all the same nutritional value.
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and Tang?
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Hmm. The Google cache of that link still works for now:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:1DTXr0_YdKwJ:open.nasa.gov/blog/2012/05/2 1/space-bread/+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
But it looks like there's a problem with nasa.gov's blog...
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COSCI
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More Extensive History of Space Food
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_food
Tang:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_(dri nk)
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“... IN SPACE!!!”
I’ll have a paua fritter and chips to go ... IN SPACE!!!
He still puts his pants on one leg at a time ... IN SPACE!!!
I’ve got this nasty rash on my bum ... IN SPACE!!!
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