ISS Food Shortage Cause Revealed 257
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"."
who is going to restructure NASA? (Score:2, Insightful)
I have a great Idea, let's sell NASA to a private company, maybe they would have the balls to continue into space and do their jobs instead of screwing around with politics and allow the engineers and scientists to do their jobs?
cripes, sending a crew to the ISS and not making sure there is enough food? Now I would be concerned by the water supplies and Oxygen up there, if the NASA management is incompetent enough to allow problems with the food, then more important factors are certianly at risk.
and YES, this is a management issue, it is management's responsibility to make sure things are right.
they need to fire the lot of them with extreme predijuice and hire a new batch that can do the job.
Didn't think NASA got so lax (Score:4, Insightful)
The previous crew "had permission to [eat the food] but did not record how much they had eaten".
Used to be NASA was the most anal-retentive organization in the world. Their safety record and results were nothing short of amazing. Then they made the (right, IMHO) decision to do things more cheaply with the understanding that things won't always work out.
However, is this a good way to run manned missions?oh great (Score:3, Insightful)
Unfortunatly, the stereotype is fairly true. Its a serious health epidemic.
Re:not surprising... (Score:2, Insightful)
Reality is, it's easy to blame the last crew, but it might have been the cumulative effects of multiple crews' snacking.