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ISS Food Shortage Cause Revealed
Dan East writes "As previously reported on Slashdot, the two-man crew of the ISS had to ration food intake because the food supply had run mysteriously low. At a recent press release the reason for the shortage was revealed: the previous ISS crew consumed food meant for the other crew. "They had permission to do that but did not record how much they had eaten"."
I can see it now, the new "candy only space station" diet fad. I can't wait to see how many pounds I lost after eating fudge and chocolate for the past two weeks.
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I thought they had sturgeon aplenty aboard space stations.
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vice president cheney was appalled, "that should have gone to halliburton!"
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Dude, there's no 7-eleven near the ISS! But I hear Starbucks is opening three locations there any day now.
the astronauts should have done a better job labeling the food in the fridge! damn, i hate when people eat my food at work that i put in there.
...the refridge was an older 16-bit model
Wait wait wait.
You mean the food is missing because someone ate it?
It wasn't an advanced plasma-based alien civilization surrounding the ship and impregnating it with mysterious "digester rays" that convert protein into a subatomic substance capable of passing through metal? So they could slowly feed their young without being noticed?
And it's not the case that the crew's flesh is immune to this only because of a freak coincidence based on the structure of their nylon garments and a compound exuded by the human body when weightless?
And that even as I type this the hungry life forms are growing and preparing to use the same mysterious force in reverse to manifest themselves before the shocked and frightened crew? Broadcast live around the globe so we may all be terrified to witness a strange new life form consume the human astronauts before our very eyes like drinking juice through a straw, leaving the indigestible compounds suspended in midair suggesting just the shape of a former living, breathing human before disappating to the four corners of the ship as surviving crew members weep and pull heir hair in terror, not wanting to be the next to issue the blood-curdling screams?
I think they should double-check. Just in case.
In space, no-one can hear your stomach rumble
the previous ISS crew are Americ... never mind.... :)
Filming the next season of "The Biggest Loser" there was a really bad idea!
I'm trying to eat here and a picture of a naked fat man is putting me off my breakfast.
Haven't you heard? The "picture a naked fat man" technique is the latest diet craze!
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No ever ever drank my beer but it was always gone....
It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.
They were a short shuttle ride away from a Blake's 7-11, though...
This totally happened with me and my old roomates, thats why you gotta put your name on those food packets or Vladimir will totally eat your liquid potato chips when he gets high.
Wait until that shit's happening in your workplace and see how people feel about it.
At a job, years ago, someone pinched a woman's food and she sent out a decidely angry company-wide email, threatening to put rat poison in her food next time. It was all rather amusing, especially when the execs tried to play it down with a follow-up email
can't we all just get along?
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Eating causes food shortage -- just news.
Eating causes food shortage... in space! -- news for nerds.
...it's a space station.
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If the ISS crew can't be trusted to restrain their appetites, what's going to happen on a trip to Mars (where half the crew might be in suspended animation)? Donner Party Cookbook
Now THAT'S not rocket science.
Rocket science is for getting you to the empty cupboard.
This is obviously a training problem. Nobody showed them how to run the food synthesizer. They've been standard in Federation starships since the 1960s.
It was a bean-counting error?
So was this the previous crew?
Speaking of 2004's jokes, In Soviet Russia, depleted ISS rations eat you.
The Americans were testing the effects of Medical Marijuana in space. Consequently, it was necessary to measure how weightlessness affects the munchies. Of course they didn't remember how much they ate.. they were stoned. Dude... We're high *and* we're high! Now where did that freeze dried ice cream go?
Yeah something like...
"Piiiigsssss iiiiinnnnn Spaaaaace!!!!!!"
(it just reminded me of that Muppets show...)
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rfid system, they could automate their inventory.
I'll be happy to design for free! As long as I can only do onsite repairs, and they pay for the commute.
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Haha, they probally take whatever they eat out of there own paycheck. Its like all the hotels you stay at, the complamentary fridge, but everything inside is extra. Welcome to ISS! We would like to provide you a varity of food and services while aboard our awsome space station. However, anything moved, touched, consumed, or damager will come directally out of your paycheck. However, this mission only, deserts and candybars are free!!
I wouldn't want to be locked inside a sealed tin can with fellow crewmembers after curry night.
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Not enough food? I thought they had the imperial versus metric problem worked out by now.