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Topic: Apollo astronauts' lunar surface space food
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Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 2216
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 11-04-2014 10:02 AM
   
I have only just learned this from reading "How Apollo Flew to the Moon" by W. David Woods that apparently the dehydrated food taken to the lunar surface had to be eaten cold by the astronauts as there was not enough room for a heater as in the Command Module. I wonder if they actually had food that should have been warmed or took foods that were to be eaten cold anyhow to be more palatable? |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2458
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 11-04-2014 11:07 AM
Crew menus are to be found in the Apollo 11 Press Kit. Meals on the lunar surface are on p132. |
Charlie16
Member Posts: 496
From: Italy
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted 11-05-2014 04:25 AM
Apollo 11 Press Kit |
garymilgrom
Member Posts: 1966
From: Atlanta, GA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 11-05-2014 02:07 PM
Looks like lots of food we'd consider warm, like coffee, pot roast etc. But XI only spent a few hours on the surface - were the longer missions restricted to cold food too? |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1332
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 11-05-2014 02:55 PM
I know Al Bean was the first man to eat spaghetti on the moon, so it must have been cold. |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3160
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 11-08-2014 09:03 PM
I suspect Al Bean is also the last man to eat spaghetti on the Moon. |
Captain Apollo
Member Posts: 260
From: UK
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 11-19-2014 07:25 AM
With all the redundancy built into Apollo I am surprised they only took 3 spoons. |
Jim Behling
Member Posts: 1488
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 11-19-2014 08:35 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Captain Apollo:
With all the redundancy built into Apollo I am surprised they only took 3 spoons.
They only really need one. The other two are redundant. |
Captain Apollo
Member Posts: 260
From: UK
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 11-19-2014 11:51 AM
I would not want to share a spoon, not even with Jim Lovell. |
328KF
Member Posts: 1251
From:
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 11-19-2014 05:54 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Jim Behling:
They only really need one. The other two are redundant.
Not when the LM was on the surface! Remember Ron Evans' scissor incident? |
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