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Astronaut Has 'Wasabi Spill' in Space
Sda~ writes "You learn something new everyday: There is nothing in the astronaut training manual about how to clean up flying wasabi. An inadvertent Wasabi spill this week aboard the ISS has made space agencies re-evaluate including the spicy paste in future meals. The astronauts are allowed some of their favorite foods on each trip, to alleviate homesickness. 'Williams, whose father was born in India, has several Indian dishes in her bonus container, including Punjabi kadhi with pakora - vegetable fritters topped with yogurt and curry - and mutter paneer, a curry dish. The dishes are packaged to have a long shelf life in space. Her U.S. crew mate, astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria, is an even bigger foodie. Lopez-Alegria, who was born in Madrid but grew up in California, had Spanish muffins known as magdalenas, chorizo pork sausage and latte in his bonus container.'"
At least the wasabi sauce didn't find its way to Uranus.
This space unintentionally left blank.
I suspect they could use the same procedure they use for flying vomit, flying tang, or flying vomited tang.
FYI Most space wasabi is actually horseradish.
I was going to make a uranus joke! well played sir... well played.
...the astronauts drank Tang and liked it, dagnabbit!
You just forget about the wasabi incident or I'm going to diaper drive over to your house and kick your ass.
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
Well, that settles it. If I can get chorizo in space, sign me up. It's hard enough to find here on Earth in most places.
Mmmmmmm...
Elrond, Duke of URL
"This is the most fun I've had without being drenched in the blood of my enemies!"-Sam&Max
Wasabi isn't a food -- it's a weapon. I'm convinced that if you brought two large chunks of it together fast enough, it would go supercritical...
Paleotechnologist and connoisseur of pretty shiny things.
Yep. Mac users are androgynous.
They are also smug with no good reason, unlike Linux users.
I wonder if this was a decent simulation of a more dangerous spill? What would they do if there was a leaking battery or something worse?
We are all just people.
I'm surprised they don't create a tennis racket-like device with a low-RPM multibladed fan and an accordian fine-mesh screen. Sweeping that slowly through the air would draw any floating particulates into the screen and the fan would provide just enough suction to hold them there. A smaller higher-rpm "dust buster" could clean the filter.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.
Tee hee! It's funny stories like this that really justify the $2billion/year price tag associated with the ISS! Remember that golf shot last year? And don't forget that cosmonaut who got married up there too.
Lovely stuff..
NASA's frantic efforts to remind the world of their existence and relavance
or
Microsoft's desperate efforts to popularise the flying pig called Vista.
Daily articles (slashvertisements) on Slashdot can't help either cause.
Much ado about less than nothing.
If you keep throwing chairs, one day you'll break windows....
I'd never go into space on a flying deat-- I mean... Space shuttle; but suppose I found myself on the ISS...
How would they store my favorite food: Sushi?
-jX
Don't you just love politics? It's like a comedy of errors.
Chorizo is Spanish for Sausage. It's a bit like saying Veal Marsala.
Lol, was about to click on the link, then noticed "(Score:-1, Troll)" So I hovered over the link and noticed .../goatse.shtml. Next time you should try being a tad more discrete than including a link that says goatse... But hey not everyone can have brains and common sense. Dont worry maybe one day your IQ will break 10.
Notice the space (hahaha) in between every and day.
"Everyday" means commonplace or ordinary. As in, "It's just an everyday kind of thing."
"Every day" means, well, every day. As in, "I brush my teeth every day."
How is this a slow news day post? I mean, I know that most 'geeks' don't acknowledge the existence of food geeks or all of the exciting things happening in the realm of food science but..
/. hates food geeks.
oh hell with it.
Sometimes, you can, you go to hell for the rest of your life! That's a true thing.
Yeah, we know Americans are somewhat large on average - but do we really have to draw attention to his weight problem? It can't be that bad if he's an astronaut. Maybe he just has big bones?
... and then they built the supercollider.
One has to wonder. Surely this same kind of spill could happen with any semi-liquid item, eg. ketchup or mustard, with equal consequences for the equipment and people. There's plenty of chemicals that can spill and present as much of a vapor/inhalation hazard as wasabi if not more. And it's not like NASA doesn't know things like this can happen, we've got 40+ years of experience with zero-gee and more than that of sci-fi stories featuring comedy based around stuff in zero-gee floating where it's not supposed to be. Shouldn't this have been a total non-event, something long planned and prepared for?
The bigger question is what do his fellow astronauts think about the chorizo a few hours after he's eaten it? It's not like you can open a window, or blame the dog.
John
I have advised the folks who work on analyzing the air in the ISS. I talked to an astronaut about things that concerned them getting into the air. She said Tabasco sauce was one concern. With zero gravity a drop could float around and accidently be inhaled or get into your eye. Eventually the air filtration system will capture it. One of the effects of zero g on the human body is the redistribution of fluids which causes a loss of taste. This is why the astronauts like to add spicyness to their foods.
Duh.
They're ruffled!!!
Did you ever notice that *nix doesn't even cover Linux?
They don't have a little vacuum cleaner? Well they should, a tiny shopvac would be perfect.
Chorizo is "chorizo" in Spain, and sausage is "salchicha" when referencing the common German types (like the hotdogs ones, but also served alone). I have seen chorizo served in slices (some really thin, around 1 mm) but never with sausages, and it is cured and rather red with white parts.
;]
In other Spanish talking countries, I do not know if that applies too, but beware as I know some words change from one to another in rather nasty ways, like with Mexico's "tortilla" (as in "unleavened cake") vs Spain's "tortilla" (omelette). You better always ask the restaurant staff or point at the pictures in the menu.
On a side note, I saw exported chorizo and it was labelled by producers as "paprika pork sausage" (and also in German, but I forgot), I guess they took care to describe it the best way possible to make sure foreign buyers knew what they were getting.
Okay, maybe that was offtopic but it is certainly closer to insightful than flamebait. Can't be flamebait when its true.
OK, the word "foodie" has got to die. Seriously.
(From space shuttle above the Earth) Homer: It's beautiful. It's the most awe-inspiring sight I have ever seen. Giver of life, mother of us all...hey guys, look what I smuggled aboard! [shows a bag of chips] Buzz Aldrin: Homer, no! [Homer breaks open bag; chips fly everywhere] Race Banyon: They'll clog the instruments! Buzz: Careful! They're ruffled! Homer: I'll handle this! [Homer floats around the cabin, eating chips to The Blue Danube - an obvious reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey]
What is this? some sort of cross-site scripting attempt?
"It's hard enough to find here on Earth in most places."
Where are you at? It's all over here in SoCal. We probably just have the whole planet's supply of it concentrated here...
It's only hard to find if you're far away from Mexico, and/or don't want to visit the Mexican markets...
Oh, you're not stuck, you're just unable to let go of the onion rings.
...the wasabi spills YOU!
Given the failure of STS and ISS, food should be administered by injection.
... who be married just to keep a Federal Government ... as in a pilot
Either, injection through a blood transfer or as an annal probe to the gut.
The NASA Director perfers the Back Orefice (go figure since he's a faggot
and hates his wife and has tried to have the kidds killed by hired hands
several times
job and get a chance at a fat pension after he ditches
bailing out of a fu*cked up plane at Edwards AFB).
Toodles
Honwasabi? Or was it just a bunch of horse radish...?
IHOP sells some basic Chorizo and they are located everywhere in the US.
It's not that they can't make a computer capable of handling year end rollovers - It's that it's unnecessary. The shuttle was designed from day one to be on the ground for New Years.
When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
and now the Wasabi Incident. After shorting out a critical relay, the ISS plunges to earth, hits Three Mile Island, and covers the entire east coast in a cloud of radioactive debris. Can Jimmy Carter save us now?
"To those who are overly cautious, everything is impossible. "
I'm quite a fan of Indian cuisine, but in light of the limitations of their air filtering system, don't you think it's a bit cruel to allow an astronaut to bring curry aboard the ISS?
Thanks, AC.
Actually, it was a joke that missed the mark.
Well, they can't all be winners. . .
Depends on which kind of chorizo you're talking about. Mexican chorizo (the kind I've seen anyway) has a consistency like uncooked breakfast sausage (and indeed when you buy it in the store it must be cooked before consumption).
Spanish chorizo (my favorite by far) is a different animal all together (well still pig). It's ready to eat, has a consistency like salami and is generally sliced a few mm thick when served on a sandwich.
Now you should see the difference between what Mexicans call tortillas and what tortillas are in Spain! (Spanish tortillas are more like a quiche or omelet made from a dozen to 18 eggs, containing green peppers and potatoes, they're about 6cm thick and quite delicious).
Ok, now I'm hungry for a Spanish chorizo and Manchego cheese sandwich dammit!
Georgia Tech, the leader in Chia(tm) technology.
Give Haliburton a multibillion dollar contract to clean up the spill! Their plan to build a tower of money to reach the space station is brilliant and we need to reward that kind of visionary thinking.
FTFA:
Unfortunately for Williams, the wasabi tube has been banished to a cargo vehicle where it will stay packed away.
"I don't think we're going to use it anymore," she said. "It's too dangerous."
In *Soviet Russian* Spacecraft...Wasabi eats you!
Ok, mod me down now :P
/posting as anonymous because i lost my login
...at least it won't drive 1000 miles wearing a diaper and try and kidnap another astronaut.
It's easy enough to make. Take a good fatty, but not grisly, cut of pork. Like the butt (which is the shoulder) or even some of the trimmings off cheap pork chops. Add chili powder. Grind. I've made it in my food processor and it was easily as good as any I had in Mexico. I use the Chili powder from Penzys spices.
Citizens Against Plate Tectonics
Let me know when the space station is threatened by ridged potato chips.
Haha all the people who modded replies to the parent (I've been wondering) must have been smoking crack. I dont think some people with mod points actually understand what the different options mean sometimes. Or just miss the joke...
As always, good to know that they know what their priorities are. If they ban catsup and mustard to, they'll get us back to the moon even sooner!
How long does a spicy crunch roll last in outerspace?
Can I still eat it the next day?
I'm from Southern Arizona (Tucson) and, like SoCal, it is everywhere. That is, Mexican restaurants, markets, etc. are all over the place and you'd be hard pressed to find one that doesn't sell chorizo. Even most ordinary grocery stores carry passable chorizo. The best always came from my grandparents in Bisbee which is a stone's throw from the border.
Now, I'm in Amherst, Mass. and it is significantly harder to find. What I can locate is usually Spanish style chorizo. That's not bad, of course, but much different from Mexican which I'd rather have.
On the other hand, now I can have clam chowder for breakfast, lunch, and dinner if I really wanted...
Elrond, Duke of URL
"This is the most fun I've had without being drenched in the blood of my enemies!"-Sam&Max
Re-evaluate this. I got your re-evaluation right here.
Months on end in an orbiting chunk of aerospace hardware, flickering lights, fans and radios... Imagine living inside your computer. Someone slops a little food on the wall and the bureaucrats call a meeting.
Let them have their foil wrapped treats. It is worth the risks. I'd rather have someone who would insist on it instead of roll over. Someone eating wasabi on the space station; how cool is that?
Happy Friday.
Lurking at the bottom of the gravity well, getting old
Think about sex in space. Zero gravity sex could be an amazing thing, I imagine, but the cleanup...
I mean, you could conceivably keep it clean -- swallow it all, I'm sure you can fill in the blanks. Or, someone could get stupid and try to bukakke...
Don't thank God, thank a doctor!
That's cos Britain's hogging it all.
By summer it was all gone...now shesmovedon. --
SHHH!! Don't tell them how to freakin' fix it! then the links ot goatse, etc. will be better hidden!
Some of us like the goatse links, you insensitive clod!!!!!!!!!!
Troll? Obviously the mods have never heard of Lisa Nowak...
You all have Oo.o and Firefox, so get World Wind.
I'm from Southern Arizona (Tucson) and, like SoCal, it is everywhere. That is, Mexican restaurants, markets, etc. are all over the place and you'd be hard pressed to find one that doesn't sell chorizo.
Exactly as the vast majority of americans never had a real pizza (even if they think they did) or thinks that "peperoni" is a sausage, spanish chorizo is a completely different stuff. It's amazing how ethnic food in the states doesn't even remotely look as the real thing!A problem easily solved if the flatulent astronaut is outnumbered. Just hold him down and put his helmet on, thus sealing his space-suit...
Anyone care to come up with a term for a masochistic space dutch oven?
I wonder when the first rat will stow away and get into space?
What's Wasabi?
"the NASA"? I know it would be "the National Aeronautics and Space Administration", but I've always seen the acronym "NASA" used as its own proper noun. i.e., "NASA said..." rather than "The NASA said..."
I'm seriously not trying to play language nazi here, I'm really curious. It seems like if it would be "the National Aeronautics [...]", then it should also be "the NASA" (especially considering how much noise is thrown up about "ATM Machine" being redundant), unless NASA is some sort of an exception?
"Hey, the third matrix movie would have been good except for the plot,story, and acting." --AC
Chorizo, huh?
I lived in Central America for a time, and while I was there, a popular song could be heard in the streets, taxis, buses, bars, pretty much everywhere. Its hook, repeated ad nauseum, was, "Quiere chorizo! La chica quiere chorizo!" Which translated means, "She wants sausage! The girl wants sausage!" And yes, they meant "sausage" in exactly the way you're thinking.
I used to love chorizo and scrambled eggs down there, but I noticed a good friend of mine from El Salvador wouldn't eat it. This guy was one of those people who seem to have a lot of common sense. I asked him why he didn't eat it since it was so good. He informed me that butchers would take all the old rancid pork, all the scraps, and then grind it up with spices and call it good. "If you've seen all the stuff that I've seen them put in chorizo, you wouldn't touch it," he said.
I still ate it.
It's worse than that:
h tm
http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s348188.
Maybe they have improved it, but at some point, I read that the freeze dried poo had a tendency not to stay 'contained', making longer missions increasing uncomfortable.
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
Microphones in the ISS captured this just before the spill took place:
"wasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabi!"
So apparently NASA and diapers have a history that goes all the way back.
John
> And yes, they meant "sausage" in exactly the way you're thinking.
>
> I used to love chorizo and scrambled eggs down there
And yes, he also means "scrambled eggs" and "down there" in exactly the way you're thinking!
(-1: Post disagrees with my already-settled worldview) is not a valid mod option.
I was somewhat surprised that an astronaut flipped out and drove hundreds of miles to attack someone. I wasn't real surprised that she used her training(how many people know exactly how comfortable they are in a diaper?) to do it crazier.
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
Its not so much the food that concerns me as the after dinner smoke.
Have gnu, will travel.
Curry, eh? That's what I'd call a Getaway Special.
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
It should not be necessary for today's non-monospaced text typer-inners to have to use two spaces to differentiate end-of-sentence periods from, say, end-of-abbreviation periods.
Instead, text renderers should determine which periods end sentences and which end abbreviations, and make the spaces following end-of sentence periods slightly larger.
Unfortunately, many text renderers (e.g., the one in seamonkey, the browser that I am now using) don't seem to do this.
From what I've seen, OO can tell the difference, and uses the appropriate space (en-space for between normal words, including abbreviations, and em-space for between sentences).
I assume that any decent word processor will behave similarly.
Thus, in most cases, there is no real reason these days to have to use two periods to indicate EOS, any more than it is necessary to manually type a carriage return before reaching column 80.
The only exceptions that I can see are when someone is deliberately using a monospace font, or typing a pure ASCII document (such as an RFC) that is meant to be read monospaced.
Those who sacrifice security to condemn liberty deserve to repeat history or something. - Benjamin Santayana