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What would be in the food basket you sent to the International Space Station?

Asked by mazingerz88 (29260points) February 18th, 2020 from iPhone

In theory if you get the chance to send a food basket.

Here is Martin Weil’s news article on it.

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A rocket that was launched last week from Virginia soil carried into space, among other things, a supply of cheese.
An Antares rocket launched a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft from Wallops Island on Virginia’s Atlantic Coast on Saturday, NASA said. Northrop Grumman’s CRS-13 mission successfully launched at 3:21 p.m., NASA said.
The cargo craft held about 7,500 pounds of science experiments and supplies for the International Space Station, the agency said. It is set to arrive about 4:05 a.m. on Tuesday morning.
After required items were stowed on the NG-13 Cygnus, a NASA official said, room was found “to send hard cheddar and manchego cheese.”

A few other treats also went up, according to the official, NASA’s Ven C. Feng, including candies and chocolate, as well as maple and almond butter granola with almond milk.
Feng, a manager with the space station program, also listed fresh food that included apples, oranges, cherry tomatoes, onions and garlic. The fresh garlic, he said, is “quickly becoming a crew favorite.”

It might appear then that while the discipline of astronauts is well known, their lives may also include some spice.

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9 Answers

RedDeerGuy1's avatar

Beef jerky.

ragingloli's avatar

A can of Surströmming, a wheel of Harzer cheese, and an over-ripe Durian.

Darth_Algar's avatar

“It might appear then that while the discipline of astronauts is well known, their lives may also include some spice.”

Yeah. In a low-gravity environment, like the ISS, fluids in the body don’t flow like they normally do on Earth. Especially things like sinus fluids. Thus the sinus cavities in the head become congested, like with a cold. And, like a cold, this dulls the tastebuds. Thus astronauts in space tend to prefer foods with strong, sharp flavors that are flavorful even over the dulled sense of taste.

ucme's avatar

A whole thing of Mars bars.

Caravanfan's avatar

A good single malt scotch.

Sagacious's avatar

Chocolate
Bags of popcorn

rebbel's avatar

Something tin canned.

JLeslie's avatar

Fresh apples, pears, clementine cuties, a few candy turtles, Raisinets, and plain chocolates, cashews, pecans, carrots, and one package of fresh French green beans. The green beans go bad too fast for more. I assume they already have lots of canned, freeze dried, and frozen foods.

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