What's Up with Space Food?

[@TodayIFoundOut]

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[@victoriaeads6126]

The saga of space coffee was wire underrepresented here, you could easily do a video on just that.

[@askartursunov]

*big tyme space food, yup*

[@BarbaricAvatar]

I remember you saying in a recent Blaze that coffee beans (seeds) don't produce coffee that tastes like coffee. Nespresso should totally pay you for the amount of positive advertising you do on their behalf!

[@sekaramochi]

The perfect coffee, no milk no sugar no heat no coffee. Just cold water thank you 😉

[@sekaramochi]

Okey dokey. Forgetting the first eaten food in space Seriously We all need to know Who created the first blue ice cube

[@EricMBlog]

A few space shuttle missions did actually bring real ice cream to the ISS. At least STS-115, but I think it happened another time or two. Basically there was a lab freezer being shipped up empty, and the ground crews packed some ice cream in it. While it wasn't powered on for the flight up, it was a good enough insulator that they deep froze it, packed it in as a "late load" item, and then the crew was instructed to open the freezer basically as soon as they had access after docking.

[@Hyreia]

Priorities! : ) Sometimes a little happy surprise is good for moral.

[@marvindebot3264]

100% and ice cream would be a very welcome surprise indeed.@@Hyreia

[@LaMenta3]

Ice cream is also occasionally sent up on Cygnus and Cargo Dragon flights when there are other compatible temperature-controlled payloads.

[@moofree]

Yeah, as a Texan, I remember it being notable that Blue Bell Ice Cream was getting sent up with the Space Shuttle sometime in the mid 90s.

[@cptcosmo]

Ben & Jerry's in orbit would put a smile on my face!

[@MyBigRed]

I like how Simon inexplicably switched to speaking in all caps at around 11:18

[@corm7538]

I remember eating freeze-dried astronaut-style Neapolitan ice cream when I was a kid in the 1980s in its still dehydrated state, it was like biting into a hard chocolate toffee candy bar as far as its texture went and as far as its taste it was mostly like the normal type of Neapolitan ice cream that you could buy at any store. It was sold in the gift shop at The James S. McDonnell Planetarium at The St. Louis Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

[@trentonshowers7366]

Yes! I remember begging my parents for one when we went to the science center...I miss going there

[@richardlea818]

Haha I bought the same thing there as a kid in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. That place was so fun as a kid. I went there with a summer camp and we turned their little mock town into a working village. Great memories

[@randalmayeux8880]

I was born in '56, and I was just the right age to get into the space craze. I remember all of the TV stations would broadcast every space launch, starting with several hours of the countdown..T minus 867 seconds and counting...T minus 866 seconds and counting.... until finally, ignition! lift off! As he named off these early astronauts, I remembered every one of them. I was a big fan of John Glenn until I saw that he had a crewcut. I have drunk gallons of Tang. My mom found that it was cheap, quick and it had vitamin C. I had forgotten about Space Food Sticks! They were awful. Yes, back then everything was "space age", from toys, food, clothes, to cars.

[@maxwirt921]

If I’ve learned anything from The Simpsons, it’s that an astronaut’s favorite food is potato chips. 😂

[@JH-zo5gk]

That, and ants = bad time.

[@jeffdroog]

Keyword,IF! LOL And the answer is no,you learned nothing from Simpsons.

[@HyperactiveNeuron]

LOL

[@progunil]

@@JH-zo5gki for one welcome our new insect overlords

[@maxwirt921]

@@rogerpenske2411 That is a great scene.

[@pamelamays4186]

As a Culinary Arts major, I'm finding this video quite interesting and close to my heart.👩🏾‍🍳👩🏾‍🚀

[@llab3903]

As a chef. You won’t lmao

[@J.W.Brogan]

​@@llab3903nailed it.

[@Carstuff111]

I admit that, when I was a kid, I had learned that freeze dried ice cream was not truly a space food when my class was given some to try. I am also weird as I actually like freeze dried ice cream.

[@drmgiverdrmgiver5335]

It's so freaking good.

[@chloehennessey6813]

Bro it’s so good. I so wanna try the bacon cubes! And the tubes of bacon 👍

[@paradiselost9946]

@@drmgiverdrmgiver5335 damn you! its midnight and the craving...omfg, teh craving... where to get such a thing? oh gawd... i think i gotta order it online.i can only think of one shop that ever had it...

[@bruticus1496]

Now I know where starfield got their cube food like cube apples, cola flavored chunky and more

[@tree_alone]

have you had freeze dried skittles yet? :V

[@okankyoto]

The ISS's Habitat Module was going to offer the same amenities as Skylab! Freezer and refrigerator plus oven in a common wardroom! The module had all the crew bunks as well as a medical center, table with window and even a shower! Sadly the module was cancelled after it was mostly built in order to save money in the early 00s. The crew bunks were then moved to Node 2 (Harmony) and the table in Node 1 (Unity) became the main table of the station. Still no shower or kitchen though.

[@LeNeovein]

Rip, hate that capitalism screws frontier seekers on and beyond the planet.

[@JinKee]

I wonder what happened to the hab module. Did they scrap it or keep it?

[@geauxherd762]

U2 pilots also get “space like” meals that they squeeze through tube into their helmet straw. Since they have to remain in pressure suits the entire flight.

[@ABrit-bt6ce]

James May got a trip in the two seater. Its up on here.

[@buddyclem7328]

I saw that when Adam Savage took a flight on Mythbusters. They showed how the food and drinks worked, and the astronaut and pilot training.

[@onlyfenians]

U2 are pilots too, those rockers can do anything 😊

[@JCWren]

I enjoy all the Today I Found Out episodes, but it seems the ones I enjoy the most are written by Gilles Messier. Good stuff!

[@christopping5876]

He is truly underrated and produces some of the best videos out there!

[@TurboHappyCar]

He's got his own channel now: Our Own Devices. They're great.

[@calendarpage]

I grew up in DC and went to the Smithsonian frequently, on my own and whenever guests came to town. I always wanted astronaut ice cream, but couldn't justify the expense. Looks like I didn't miss anything.

[@jochenstacker7448]

Just how expensive is this ice cream? Must cost a fortune.

[@Max_Chooch]

It's not that expensive but yeah you're not missing much. It's basically a brick of cotton candy.

[@LeNeovein]

Facts freeze dried cotton candy

[@Vaeldarg]

Would think the flash-frozen Dippin' Dots would work better for ice cream in space, anyway.

[@chloehennessey6813]

@@jochenstacker7448it’s $3 for a sandwich. Bro is just extremely bland and frugal.

[@myztklk3v]

man, I forgot tang was even a thing, we used to buy containers of it as a kid and would just put the powder in a cup and dipped candy or our fingers in it like pop rocks lol.

[@gamerjaqi7873]

Put it over crushed ice. So good

[@Annie_Annie__]

I totally forgot about doing stuff like that. We used to dip popsicles in it. Made a mess but it was so good!

[@kcant65]

Well now I want a food stick.

[@CaptainMarvelsSon]

I can still remember the exact taste of that "ice cream" from my childhood.

[@mattiemathis9549]

As a child of the 70’s, and culturally traveled, I’m firmly convinced my enjoyment of “freeze dried ice cream” is purely a result of ideological indoctrination of my generation! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Skinflaps_Meatslapper]

I dunno, I've always thought it was pretty good. The first time I had freeze dried ice cream, it was marketed for camping/hiking, so I had no idea it was astronaut ice cream until later when I saw it in a gift shop at a windmill museum of all places. Tastes about the same as that little bit of ice cream on the lid of a mostly eaten tub and kind of dries into thick goop. I'm probably toward the edge of the bell curve when it comes to the subject though, as I love all sorts of freeze dried stuff and MRE's.

[@RipRLeeErmey]

Nahhhh as a 2002 kid that freeze dried "astronaut" ice cream sandwich HITS

[@ThisIsSewMe]

I honestly liked it, better than regular ice cream too because it wasn’t cold

[@steelplasma256]

Millennial here. I actually enjoy Freeze dried ice-cream and freeze dried brownies.

[@csoco6819]

​@@steelplasma256I second this motion due to my peers, similar to our predecessors

[@MysteicVoltronus]

Those toothpaste tubes didn't go away. They just got moved to the Air Force's recon division.

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

My favorite thing about Tang is that its name was once used as a slang term for LCL in the _Evangelion_ fandom.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

Massimo's description of freeze dried ice cream reminds me of the advice my little sister (Army National Guard Communications Specialist) gave me about MRE freeze-dried fruit cocktail: she said do not rehydrate it, but eat as it is even though it seems like styrofoam. It tastes better dry.

[@nancycurtis7315]

LOL. I'm 64. As a child, I'd hound mum for space food sticks. I was addicted to them, I think!!!! LOL. Greetings from Dimboola, in Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺. 😊

[@Van-zf9iw]

I remerber those. Sort of like Tootsie Rolls, just nowhere near as tasty.

[@jamesticknor1134]

No astronaut has eaten astronaut ice cream? I feel lied to . . .

[@johnbennett1465]

If I followed the video correctly, some did try it. Just never in space 😊.

[@MikeU128]

Yep, we always had a jar of Tang powder in the pantry when I was a kid!

[@Blinkerd00d]

The cheese spread is the exact same as the ones found in US MRE'S.

[@marvindebot3264]

So are the pizza slices.

[@MINKIN2]

24:56 Surely "There's coffee in that nebula" would have been more fitting?

[@Aldo.flores]

Actually the suggestion of the flour tortilla abroad the ISS was made by the Mexican astronaut Rodolfo Neri Vela on his space mission on November 1985, and surprisingly nowadays it still remains as part of NASA’s alimentary program, because its an ailment that could be very versatile, could be stored for long time and didn’t need to be heated to eat and didn’t make crumbles as bread so it’s not dangerous for the air filters. Speaking of crumbles it’s strictly forbidden to open a package of fun sized lucky charms marshmallows (a.k.a astronaut ice cream) on the inside of Kennedy Space Center Complex or any NASA Facilities, because of tourists “exploding” the bags well opening and spreading crumbles all over, and those could attract ants, and those ants would be dangerous for space shuttles of satellites fabrication

[@stephanybrown3226]

I kinda get yhe being picky on food even in space. I just came off a clear liquid diet for health reasons. About 3 days and the same texuture over and over really gets old. Just had toast this morning and it was heaven! Can't imagine dealing with it for longer!

[@wedgie502]

I always figured that modern space food was more akin to MRE's. Thanks for the video Simon!

[@robertsettles2180]

Looks like they use MRE cheese spread though.

[@ASFalcon13]

I've had the chance to test the Artemis food system on a number of multi-day altitude chamber tests I've participated in at JSC. Quite a few items appear to be pulled from MREs nowadays, and a lot of the food is thermostabilized/irradiated in retort packs rather than rehydrated.

[@Fred_the_1996]

poor guys haha

[@kenjifox4264]

20:00 how weird! Just last week I was thinking about these cans I used to see on posters as a kid in the 80s. I never knew what they were and they were so strange that they left an impression in my memory since. Decades later and finally, finally I know what they’re. Too bad they’ve never been for sale to the public because I really wanted one. Oh well!!

[@askartursunov]

*rollin' down the moon, smokin' space weed and sippin' space coke wit' m&ms*

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

Wait... there are devices to dispense pop straight into your mouth without having to move your head or apply suction? WHY AREN'T THESE AVAILABLE TO BUY?

[@timacrow]

As a kid in the late 1960s, I loved "Space Food Sticks"

[@richardclark.]

i was about 5YO when the race was really on! So many space sticks and Tang. i even remember some short, blue glasses with blue printing of all the different missions i had to drink the Tang out of. they made perfect quarters cups when i went to college.

[@PassiveSmoking]

The Apollo 15 incident led to the addition of more citrus to the Apollo 16 crew's diet as well as potassium supplements, which had an unfortunate effect on John Young's digestion. He complained in very unambiguous terms about it to his partner Charlie Duke, but didn't realise that at the time his comms system was configured to transmit back to the ground as well as to his partner. The whole world heard him complaining in very colourful terms about his flatulence before mission control were able to alert him that he had a hot mic. Look up "I've got the farts again" in the Apollo mission transcripts for more details.

[@theawesomeman9821]

I once visited the Air Force Museum where I got the chance to try out space food, and I concluded that regular food tastes so much better.

[@marcuswillis5634]

As a fan of Starfield, it was awesome hearing about the real life lore behind Chunks!

[@reformedgarbage5415]

As a fan of Seinfeld, I now own a pen that can write upside down.

[@LeNeovein]

​@@reformedgarbage5415😂

[@Eargesplitten-Loudenboomer]

@@reformedgarbage5415 Jerry: Did you know astronauts eat freeze-dried ice cream in space? George: Freeze-dried ice cream? That's like eating air with delusions of grandeur. Jerry: And those space pens they use can write upside-down. George: Upside-down? I can't even write my own name right-side-up without smudging it. Jerry: Yea, I'd probably use it to sign checks while lying in bed. George: I'd forget it in my pocket and turn my laundry into a Jackson Pollock. [They share a laugh.] Jerry: Space food and upside-down pens. It's like they're solving problems we didn't know we had. George: Tell me about it. I’ll stick to regular food and pens. Space can keep its tricks.

[@georgeau2523]

Today I found out eating a sandwich caused a congressional hearing

[@gsmith1418]

I love watching your stuff Simon, i also love listening to the podcasts you have. However, i can not get over the fact you pronounce the “G” in bolognese 😂

[@buddyclem7328]

He also said beef dung instead of beef tongue, and called the chef Emeril Lag-ass. LOL

[@Max_Chooch]

20:49 "a warm hot water dispenser" 😂 I mean, I just, ya know, need to keep my hot water warm 🤣

[@scloftin8861]

What I want to know, is why aren't they marketing those trays from the one space station ...they'd be great for camping and couch potatoing ... LOL

[@fleaguss]

“There coffee in that nebula!” - Capt. Janeway

[@ginnyjollykidd]

I loved space food sticks! Well, at least what was touted as such on the grocery shelf. I loved that I didn't have to sit down to the breakfast table. As a young child, that was important to me. Nowadays, there are more choices, but packages of turkey pepperoni sticks serve the same purpose. Makes me wonder, did they ever think of beef summer sausage? It does the same thing except it's a fatter diameter. Doesn't have to be an intact roll. I get Genoa sausage in a reclosable bag of disk-shaped slices. Rather like thick pepperoni on pizza.

[@ASFalcon13]

0:38 Actually, freeze-dried strawberries indeed are on the menu (with a bit of brown sugar mixed in, interestingly). They're meant to be rehydrated, but they're fully edible straight out the bag without rehydrating. Quite a few of the Exploration Atmosphere "chambernauts" (including myself) have done just that, as a lot of the food in there tends to be mushy, and leaving them crunchy adds a bit of texture to the meal.

[@SlapShotRegatta22]

The astronauts have 1000% smuggled booze on board, ha ha.

[@ShalmendoGlineux]

I may be remembering incorrectly, but I recall a story about one of the astronauts saying something to the effect of, "What is this Tang crap, give me some Gatorade!"

[@roadcone76]

Oh, god I loved those space food sticks.

[@poolhall9632]

My dad was in the Navy when I was a little kid. I was very fortunate to have an astronaut come to my house for dinner and give me some freeze dried ice cream.

[@sniperblast]

Coffee in space? Janeway would be proud.

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

In October 2003, the People's Republic of China commenced its first crewed spaceflight, Shenzhou 5. The astronaut, Yang Liwei, brought along with him and ate specially processed yuxiang pork, Kung Pao chicken, and Eight Treasures rice, along Chinese herbal tea. Food made for this flight and the subsequent crewed flight in 2007 has been commercialized for sale to the mass market.

[@chloehennessey6813]

Eff China. They owe the world for Covid 19.

[@tonyug113]

it sounds just so much better than the nasa fare.

[@marsaustralis6881]

I always loved freeze-dried "space strawberries". For whatever reason, they got super sweet in the mouth after allowing it to rehydrate a bit off saliva, so I gorged on those every time I had the opportunity to buy a pack. Then they became mainstream as "healthy alternatives to chips" alongside stuff like banana chips or dried mango slices, and the quality seemed to go down, sometimes being sour or not-sweet depending on the manufacturer.

[@pamelamays4186]

When I was a Toddler teacher, teaching my class about space, I let the little ones sample "space ice cream." I was like, "This is what astronauts eat when they're in space."👩🏾‍🚀🍨🚀🌌

[@CallMeByMyMatingName]

You were a toddler teaching your peers? Or were you a teacher of toddlers, in your final (adult) form? Either way, did it work??

[@richardclark.]

As a person who actually stopped making those kinds of syntax and usage jokes because no one got them or appreciated them i approve of this humor. @@CallMeByMyMatingName

[@bradlevantis913]

You have to admit-the space ice cream is awesome

[@sportfuryman]

is it though? Its weird but I would not call it awesome....interesting would be my best honest take.

[@chloehennessey6813]

It is great.

[@buddyclem7328]

One of my favorite things!

[@iwantmyvanback]

I think the ISS does have a freezer. I saw a tour of it in a video and they clearly pointed it out.

[@frankmenesch]

Space Food Sticks were some gourmet items in your school lunch back in the 90's. I miss them.

[@xINVISIGOTHx]

do you think astronaut ice cream from 2015 (unopened) is still good?

[@tturi2]

I think the actual facts about the icecream is still pretty cool

[@aaronmills4238]

I like the way they settled for moose jerky as if that’s not just as weird

[@davidmtwigg]

The conspiracy theorists who think the Space programs are all frauds, are probably thinking, damn NASA thats some deep diving fan fiction you've put out there. 🤣🤣🤣

[@MountainFisher]

For backpacking I carried vodka and mixed it with Tang.

[@decyattysyachpchyol]

The breakfast of champions.

[@amandajones661]

Smells are so important on the ISS. They can't open a window and let fresh air in. 😅

[@Reddotzebra]

As someone who lives in Sweden, neither Reindeer nor Moose jerky are what most Swedes would consider staple foods. In the northern parts of Sweden they are more common, but I still think he probably added it to the list as a bit of a troll move.

[@joeofoysterbay7197]

Good news never comes in the form of ads, Simon. Pull the other one now.

[@elmartell5724]

My guy is rising a horrific death for science- let him have his gd reindeer jerky

[@Dregon84]

Interesting look into the history. Would love to see a part two that covers the innovations being made these days. There's some really cool stuff, such as Solar Foods product, which creates edible protein from water, carbon dioxide and hydrogen

[@super8bitvideos]

Man, if I was told I couldnt bring a type of food because of the worry of "relation to Christmas", I think id worry about the crewmates Im going to be spending a long portion of time in space with.

[@deed5811]

I loved the chocolate and the peanut butter space food sticks as a kid. 😢

[@alanhyland5697]

Your intro absolutely reminded me of Tang. Only reason to drink that stuff was to get the 'astronaut experience.' If you haven't tried it, it tastes nothing like actual orange juice...

[@davidpott3974]

fascinating, Simon

[@davidconner-shover51]

Somehow, I knew carbonated beverages would not go down well in 0g

[@oliverashcroft5410]

‘spaghetti bollocknese’ 22:39 🤣🤣

[@monhi64]

One thing I never understood was they pack so much freeze dried food because of the obvious weight issues. However they rehydrate the food meaning they brought the water along with them anyways aka the weight. They could eat it dry but that just means the astronauts would need to drink more water circling back to still needing the bring that weight. The only thing I can think of is they find sending the weight up there in a water tank more convenient or maybe it has something to do with their water recirculation system. Theoretically they don’t have to bring that much water it just starts to get pretty gross

[@LAM_AUT_ECU]

When I was a boy, late 70s, a teacher showed up one day with some "tablets" about the size of vitamin C effervescent tablets, claiming they were made by a local (Austrian) company for astronauts and that he had visited the facility and been given a box. I was able to try one, milk coffee flavored. It tasted just like a cappuccino but with a very intense taste. Around that same time, a kid in school showed up with what looked like a small toothpaste and was in fact something like spaghetti and meatballs in cream, in a tube, also designed for astronauts. I wasn't able to taste that one but those who did also commented it tasted just like the thing, but more intense. I don't know if it was real astronaut food or more like the ones sold at gift shops adjacent to museums.

[@iowa_don]

4:30 - I loved Tang! You could actually even eat it by the spoonful! Yum! 19:59 - Space Coke!!?? That was actually a thing??? Apparently a BAD thing.

[@decyattysyachpchyol]

Surprised it got that far. Five seconds of consideration where the CO2 was supposed to go should have given them pause.

[@JcoleMc]

America : develops pressurized valves to allow astronauts to spray the drink into their mouths Soviets : Just uses a straw

[@dsr0116]

I'm pretty sure a children's science museum in TN I visited did claim that the freeze dried ice cream was aboard the space shuttle. It's way to late to ask for a refund or seek legal action for false advertising😀. I remember the main appeal to it was that it was astronaut food: even as a kid, I thought it was most like styrofoam.

[@jeremygeorgia4943]

I liked space sticks. They had one kind that was chocolate flavored, with a slight spearmint flavor. They were a bit like much softer Tootsie Rolls.

[@SaraNeal-k9z]

I loved them…and the peanut butter was the best flavor!

[@Foxxie0kun]

I wonder if Bethesda did any research on this topic for Starfield or if they were BSing the design of the in-game foods and beverages? I would figure Chunks is a potential end-point for ease-of-storage and consumption of their many varieties (Baked potato with chives, cheesecake with cherry topping, chocolate, cheesesteak sandwich, etc.), except the packaged Chunks are in blister-style packaging we most commonly know for being the style of packaging that action figures and other small toys are sold in. A better storage type for Chunks would actually be a simple sealed cube package with a rim on one side for another cube to "sit" in, allowing for the cubes to be stacked together. Then there's the various drinks in Starfield, which range from paper boxes we typically see juice drinks packaged in, complete with a small straw in a packet taped to the side of the box, all the way to pouches with a drinking valve (Which are typically what the Boom! Pop soft drinks are packaged in). Would a carbonated beverage in a pouch work any better than attaching an adapter to a can? Would the various sodas actually be carbonated, or would they be consumed flat? And then, most importantly, the various foods one can cook at cooking stations which seem to be stored in sealed plastic tubs. What advancements on the "plastic food storage containers" tech would be needed to make them viable in space, or is Tupperware already perfectly fine? And, with foods that need to be heated or cooled/frozen, what considerations would the people in-universe in Starfield have to keep in mind when furnishing their spaceship regarding food storage, heating, cooling/freezing, etc., and at that point, since the game is a big NASA-punk experience, how many of these issues are exactly the issues our own space organizations are tangling with right here and now?

[@ericbartol]

They BETTER learn how to make beer in space! There is no man who wants to be on a long, long trip with no one else but a handful of buddies from work without the promise of a beer at the end of the day!

[@Mike-hu3pp]

You should have included what kind of food the cosmocaninauts got. Hopefully Laika had a nice steak and not just dog kibbles before burning up on re-entry.

[@CT-1035]

I think there should be a room on the ISS that’s just nothing but a regular food eating room, no electronics, everything is sealed, vents have filters, airlocks in both sides, just so they can eat regular food before having to come back down, would be nice for them to

[@harrythompson6977]

turbo tango was the closest stuff to a space drink in regular life

[@chaselarson4224]

South Park did it episode about how to ask not to eat. 😂😅 How's your food supposed to go from your stomach Throw your digestive track if it's 0 gravity. You have to Shove it up your butt and use an ivy drip. Lease rip😂😅😅 You want to keep your stomach as empty as possible in low gravity.

[@auro1986]

in space you may send any food but swallowing food after chewing is most challenging part for you because of no gravity

[@dereinzigwahreRichi]

Isn't it theoretically really easy to run a fridge or freezer on a space station by simply running a coolant circuit to the outside of the station? Should be quite cold there, or am I missing something here?

[@mariusvanc]

Vacuum is not a very good thermal conductor. Cooling in space is a very big issue.

[@battlesheep2552]

Vacuum has no temperature, as it is a property of matter. Objects will steadily reach an equilibrium where the thermal radiation absorbed from sources like the sun is equal to the thermal radiation being emitted, and in Earth orbit sunlight is strong enough that it can get quite toasty, as it did in Skylab when it was first launched. If you can keep a radiator away from direct sunlight, it can get quite cold eventually, but typically radiation is a poor method of dispelling heat compared to what we're used to down on Earth

[@dereinzigwahreRichi]

@@mariusvanc ah ok, so basically the heat has nowhere to go as there is nothing to transfer it to?

[@dereinzigwahreRichi]

@@battlesheep2552 how is vacuum a property of matter if it's defined by the absence of matter? But I'm with you, the heat needs to go somewhere and can only get away by radiation, not by other mechanisms that need matter (e.g. air) to function and if there's more radiation coming in than you have to shed that gets quite difficult.

[@mariusvanc]

@@dereinzigwahreRichiIt's just slowly radiating away. On the planet, we just transfer the heat to a big heat sink, like the atmosphere, or a body of water. Without being able to transfer it, it can only radiate as infrared radiation. All those panels you see on a space station, fewer than half of them are solar panels. Most are cooling fins.

[@QueenetBowie]

“Hello, is this President Clinton? Good. I figured if anyone knows where to get some tang it’d be you!”

[@MikeU128]

I remember Space Food Sticks! They were actually kinda gross...

[@mariusvanc]

"Wet burping", aka, the reverse shart.

[@MadDragon75]

It sounds horrible.

[@LordDustinDeWynd]

AMAZING! Thank you!

[@ChakatNightspark]

I kindof like the Freeze dried Ice cream

[@floorpizza8074]

Great video, but wow.... the flashing light effect on the left side of the screen was damn distracting. Your editing team needs to learn that just because you *can* apply an effect, doesn't mean you *should* .

[@victoriaeads6126]

I hope the coffee cup is in here, that is FASCINATING!!

[@christianduncan3801]

After i ate an, "Astronaut Ice Cream Sandwich," i thought that it was too dusty for even near 0 gravity so i assumed that they ate specific MREs like in the military. I made this assumption in high school because just the dust from the goft shop food would get in the astronaut's eyes and that is a major issue in such a delicate position. I didnt think of the damage it could cause to the ships and the IST.

[@spacekettle2478]

So if you want to eat real astronaut food, instead of buying the super expensive fake "astronaut ice cream" you should buy M&Ms instead lol

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

I remember Apollo 11 lifting off in 1969. I was five years old. I thought it was really neat to watch, but at the time I had no concept that "this had never happened before". Yes, we had a jar of Tang in the kitchen.

[@jmcosmos]

One has nightmares of the Nutrimatic Drinks Dispenser providing astronauts "a plastic cup filled with a liquid which is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea."

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

The space race was a fascinating time

[@CallMeByMyMatingName]

Sure was! I was there!

[@AaronJLong]

I've actually never seen "astronaut ice cream" for sale, only ever saw it in cartoons and heard it briefly mentioned in school, where despite living in a state that came in almost dead last in the US for education with textbooks so old they still showed the Soviet Union well into the late '90s and the teachers never mentioning that the situation there had changed since, and teaching us about the Soviets in social studies as presented in these old books as if they had never broken apart, they did get the bit about the astronaut ice cream sandwiches never actually being astronaut food but an attempt at making ice cream for astronauts that never really took off but still managed to become a relatively successful product thanks to marketing, due to kids loving ice cream and wanting to be astronauts, with there being a point in time where kids would beg for it if they saw it no matter how gross they heard it was or even if they had already tried it and didn't like the taste, so strong was the appeal of getting to be like a "real astronaut". Maybe they stopped making it by the '90s, or the one museum our school would go to every year just didn't have them.. or Maybe they did, as I don't recall ever being allowed to visit the gift shop on those trips. I did see commercials for Tang on TV, but once again it was through cartoons that I learned of the association with Astronauts and even then the first time I saw it, I thought that, like with my initial cartoon exposure to Astronaut Ice Cream Sandwiches placing an emphasis on how gross and disappointing they are on every level, that Tang was used as a joke by the cartoon I was watching to poke fun at how awful Tang was if astronauts were forced to drink it, as I'd never heard a good thing about it from anyone that tried it. Then I heard mention of astronauts drinking Tang in another thing I watched and thought "wait, did they actually drink Tang?" And years later learned that it really was a thing that happened at one point and they were able to ride that association for a long time which would explain how it managed to stick around long enough to disappoint generations of kids, with the Nasa partnership and subsequent advertising happening before my mom was even born so long enough for even my grandparents to have experienced the marketing as teens/young adults, and remain relevant long enough for me to grow up seeing TV ads for the stuff despite me never meeting a single person with a good thing to say about it. It's actually still around to this day, though I don't know if they still run ads on kid's shows/content or if they've revived the astronaut advertising since the '90s, as I can't think of any reason it would still be around short of reformulating when you could get Country Time Lemonade drink mix or Kool aid or even actual orange juice for cheaper than Tang. But, I grew up seeing ads for the then burgeoning market for memory foam mattresses that would always boast about being developed by NASA, and I still hear such things about products designed for comfort, so perhaps, with a little help from popular culture, millenials and later generations grew up knowing that even if they wanted to be astronauts, the food was the least desirable part of the experience, whereas if some furniture boasts about being designed for astronauts to keep them as comfortable and secure as possible during the extreme conditions of a rocket launch then it must be made out of the most comfortable, durable, and orthopedic materials science can produce! Well, of course I later heard that most people that bought these expensive space beds hated them, though refinements of the design with more options available from more brands at more affordable prices have seen memory foam mattresses find their place in the market even if they weren't the space age solution to change the way everyone sleeps. But not to worry, because now we have that weird new pillow made out of who-knows-what, marketed as being designed by a NASA engineer and if you have to ask how much it costs you can't afford it. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Maybe NASA themselves could solve their funding issues if they got into the business of selling these things themselves, since even an implied association is enough to drive purchases big and small, and people continue to buy these things even after hearing that they're bad and/or overpriced. They could make a fortune by getting into the gaming chair market.

[@scotts918]

13:53 - Emergency Induction Port

[@jordie98]

13:29 We had the Space Food Sticks here in Australia until the late 2000's. They were delicious! I still remember the chewy texture and the chocolate flavour. They're the one snack I hope are brought back to shelves 👩‍🚀

[@gr5535]

My Question is how do the Astronauts deal with Flatulence in zero gravity 🤔

[@jimtepp-wu3cr]

My great uncle was parts director for NASA during the Apollo missions with Lockheed and Boeing. He would tell a story of how the janitor in the freeze dried experiment food room. Had eaten 3 of what he thought were brussel sprouts. However they were whole heads of cabbage that swelled up to full size in his stomach.😂 He also said flight 007 was a spy plane and was shot down as a result of the cold war..

[@jaysunbrady]

Great bullshit he was I take it? Because its scientifically impossible to shrink anything like a cabbage to the size of a brussel sprout.

[@greenhowie]

That sounds absolutely terrifying, the poor guy must have been in hospital for a couple of days with the sheer amount of water drawn from his digestive system. Goes to show - don't eat random things you find in a lab.

[@Born2DoubleUp]

I never even thought of breathing in your food by accident in space 😂😂😂