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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.... :)
The previous crew "had permission to [eat the food] but did not record how much they had eaten".
Used to be NASA was the most anal-retentive organization in the world. Their safety record and results were nothing short of amazing. Then they made the (right, IMHO) decision to do things more cheaply with the understanding that things won't always work out.
However, is this a good way to run manned missions?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.
Which brings up the question of whether you get more cravings for calcium and protein as the body reacts to the effects of zero-g, or if it just says something about the preferences of the previous crew?
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Ewan
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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
you know what would suck, getting a cavity or a painful toothache while in orbit.
More than you'd think. Cavities are extremely sensitive to pressure changes, if the pressure outside them drops, the air inside them can crack the tooth at worst, or hurt a whole hell of a lot as it expands at best.
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.
I feel that way now, looking at the Progresso soups at the store. In the past couple months Progresso has added Monosodium Glutamate (or disodium guanylate, same thing effectively) to all their soups. I can't eat the stuff for the migraines.
Put less spices into food
Add MSG
...
Profit!!!
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
So was this the previous crew?