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Forum:	Free Space
Topic:	Vox: "Astronaut Ice Cream is a Lie" (video)

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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#ffffff" FACE="arial, helvetica">T O P I C     R E V I E W</font></CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="arial, helvetica">Robert Pearlman</FONT></TD><TD><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="arial, helvetica">Astronaut ice cream — did it really fly? Vox's Phil Edwards <A HREF="http://www.vox.com/2016/2/15/10998344/astronaut-ice-cream" TARGET=_blank>investigates</A>, with the help of the Smithsonian and an astronaut.<P><center><iframe width="400" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zpkUjrC3-Ds?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

(For the record, I actually like, and have been known at times to crave, astronaut ice cream. So not everyone thinks it has to go, as this video suggests.)

Ronpur

I actually like the Space Dots they have at KSCVC!

In fact, Jerry Ross was asked about ice cream in space at the Astronaut Encounter I was at last week. He said they never used the "Astronaut Ice Cream" and did take the real stuff up on a Mir flight in a freezer to give to the crew. And they were nice enough to share it with the shuttle crew.

Robert Pearlman

Stephen Colbert revisited this on The Late Show on Thursday (May 5):

Remember Astronaut Ice Cream? Well, we've got some bad news, followed by some great news.

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