Food In Space

[Bobby]

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/sup ... menus.html

[Ruleryak]

Neat article. I'm sure lots of us are interested in the food for the space program. I know I'd sure like to get my hands on some of that stuff (and not the "astronaut ice cream" or "food sticks" commercial products, I mean the real deal like in this article).

[rationtin440]

Aw, c'mon Ruleryak! Don't you miss those Pillsbury space food sticks? Actually how many here in forums are old enough to remember them besides me? They were a hit back when cell phones were on Star Trek and AT&T had underground AUTOVON Switching Centers all over the countryside.

[Bobby]

Space Sticks

[rationtin440]

Cool pics Bobby! Now I'm trying to recall what the original Pillsbury packaging looked like, although it is certainly possible that I'm remembering wrong and those are the originals.

[Ruleryak]

You're remembering it right, don't worry!

They were definitely before my time (I'm 30), but I'd probably try one if I happened to find em. Like the new generation, these were basically energy bars. The Pillsbury ones were the first commercial energy bar like we're used to today so in a way they're the father of modern energy bars

[Ruleryak]

Guess what I found today:

Apollo Astronauts Space Food NASA Moon Program Original

I've uploaded the images from this auction here so we can still see them after the auction is long gone:

It looks like the Tang has seen better days, but the powdered creamed corn and cheese cracker cube look just fine. It's a shame the seller doesn't have more information posted, but that doesn't seem to be stopping the bidding! I've been keeping an eye out for something like this for a very long time and this is the first I'm seeing actual NASA packed space food. I wonder if this has actually been to space.