Space Station Crew Forced to Cut Calories 434
gollum123 writes "CNN and others are reporting that food is running so low aboard the international space station that both the crew members have been asked to cut their calories, at least until a Russian supply ship arrives in a little over two weeks. The situation is so bad that if a Russian cargo vessel scheduled to arrive on Dec. 25 has a mishap or is significantly delayed, the astronauts, one American and one Russian, will have to abandon the station and return home months ahead of schedule. An independent team is looking into how the food inventory ended up being tracked so poorly and how it can be improved in the future."
Space McDonalds? (Score:4, Funny)
Weightless Weight Loss (Score:1, Funny)
Christmas (Score:5, Funny)
Simple explanation (Score:1, Funny)
Hey, even astronauts can get the munchies!
Its those fat americans (Score:1, Funny)
see its true
they have already eaten the others (Score:3, Funny)
Open sauce application here? (Score:4, Funny)
Hell, with the savings made they could probably upgrade the menus a bit, instead of eating paste three times a day they could afford to buy the astronauts some hot grits or something equally tasty once in a while.
This has got to be one of the few jobs .... (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe the astronauts jus ate too much all year so that they can be back home for Christmas turkey.
Survivor! (Score:5, Funny)
Who ate all the pies? (Score:1, Funny)
Looks like they have one Mr. H Simpson aboard!
Mmmmm space doughnuts... Woohoo! I've lost 95lbs! Woohoo! Mmmmm freeze dried christmas cake... mmm... Woohoo I'm still 0lbs!
Just don't let him get at the ant colony.
Re:Weightless Weight Loss (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Space McDonalds? (Score:2, Funny)
"Hi, this is Leroy Chiao... I'd like to order two Quattro Stagiones, delivered, please... and put in some extra oregano, we're running low on that... International Space Station, in the orbit... yes, that's the one. Please hurry. Thanks, bye."
Re:Raiding the fridge... (Score:3, Funny)
You're making this WAY too easy (Score:5, Funny)
I'm proud of myself, but the effort at self-restraint gave me a headache.
Re:Eat poop (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Sick joke... (Score:4, Funny)
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Shit, gotta go.
Re:Great (Score:4, Funny)
just change the gravitational constant of the universe!
new mother's saying... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Space McDonalds? (Score:5, Funny)
As for McDonalds in space... no, no, no. That is how it starts. First the midnight snacking, then you start doing late night runs to McDonalds, then you have to buy the bigger space suit.
Why Base it on Calories? (Score:3, Funny)
My best sig is this one.
Re:Space Takeout?? and From the Article (Score:2, Funny)
Wrong, wrong, wrong. Don't they realize if they eat Chinese take out they'll just be hungry in a half hour? It's not rocket science, people!
Obligatory José Jimenez joke (Score:3, Funny)
Hunger Strike (Score:3, Funny)
Uh, wait..That's what NASA wants them to do...
Spliff's in Space? (Score:3, Funny)
Downside: You still get the munchies.
Eat your vegetables, Johnny (Score:3, Funny)
"Now Johnny, finish your vegetables. Don't you know the astronauts on the space station don't have enought to eat?"
Re:Great (Score:2, Funny)
No, just change from English to metric. That ought to do it.