ISS Food Shortage Cause Revealed

Dan East writes "As previously reported on Slashdot, the two-man crew of the ISS had to ration food intake because the food supply had run mysteriously low. At a recent press release the reason for the shortage was revealed: the previous ISS crew consumed food meant for the other crew. "They had permission to do that but did not record how much they had eaten"."

Re:Candy?

[Anonymous Coward]

you know what would suck, getting a cavity or a painful toothache while in orbit.

More than you'd think. Cavities are extremely sensitive to pressure changes, if the pressure outside them drops, the air inside them can crack the tooth at worst, or hurt a whole hell of a lot as it expands at best.

Re:not surprising...

[AbbyNormal]

Now now, if you want to get technical, the previous crew consisted of 2 Europeans and 1 American.

See here" [nasa.gov] for more information.

Re:New fad diet

[Rolo Tomasi]

You don't get diabetes from eating lots of sweet stuff. Obesity is a risk factor though.

Re:FP

[ackthpt]

There is nothing for you to eat here. Please move along.

I feel that way now, looking at the Progresso soups at the store. In the past couple months Progresso has added Monosodium Glutamate (or disodium guanylate, same thing effectively) to all their soups. I can't eat the stuff for the migraines.

Put less spices into food

Add MSG

...

Profit!!!

Re:Interesting what was left

[captainClassLoader]

ISS Astronaut Ed Lu has written an entire essay [amsat.org] about food on the space station. Other sources indicate that microgravity seems to make everything taste bland - Hot sauces (and spicy foods) seem to be what a lot of the crew members crave.