I'm suprised you crazies haven't touched upon space food..

C-rats · Post by **C-rats** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:38 pm

Good God Almighty, Kman!

I'm so humbled by your vast knowledge & infinite resources, that I'm weak in the knees!

And who would of thought they're actually still being sold?!

Simply amazing.....

DangerousDave · Post by **DangerousDave** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:36 am

2001, after the apes fought the boars, or whatever those 4 legged things were. Dr. Floyd had a great chicken samich, out of the space-age mermite, then the other guy had a ham sandwich. Then they had coffee. Must be cool to be up there, orbiting the moon.

Big Galloot · Post by **Big Galloot** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:11 pm

I remember that scene!

dirtbag · Post by **dirtbag** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:37 am

Early prototype ?????

Lifesaver · Post by **Lifesaver** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:33 pm

C-rats wrote:Does anyone else remember the "Space Food Sticks" that you could buy at your local market during the APOLLO years? They were sort of like a chewy candy and were actually pretty tasty. They came individually wrapped in a yellow paper & foil wrapper, and were packaged 10 or 12 (I can't remember) per box. I forget who actually made them, but they were real popular with us kids back then (if you had one in your lunch box, you were cooooool, man!). I can't remember any other flavor but chocolate being available. Anyone??

Remember them? I used to take them to school for snacks between classes. I loved the peanut butter and chocolate ones. They, also, accompanied me on many a Boy Scout campout.

Post by **German_EPA** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:11 pm

Big Galloot wrote:I remember that scene!

BigMark · Post by **BigMark** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:04 pm

Interesting, the only thing I've ever had that was space food is the ice cream/ice cream sandwich. Both really good of course, but MRE desserts are better.

I'm just not sure I need some space food sticks, but they might go well with the collection.

Hardtack · Post by **Hardtack** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:08 am

Here's a link to a NASA pdf with a history of space food. It has a lesson plan for school, but the info and pics are interesting.

http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/143163main_Spac ... rition.pdf

An as usual the Chinese are way ahead of us:

http://www.space.com/news/ap_070724_chi ... efood.html

Baldy · Post by **Baldy** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:04 pm

Hello, everybody, this is my first post.

I'm happy to report Space Food Sticks are still sold in supermarkets here in Australia:

The packaging is kinda lame - surely it should have a picture of astronauts or something? But I guess that shows how little interest people have in the space programme these days.

Post by **kman** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:16 pm

Welcome to the forums, Baldy!

Wow...you guys have all the good stuff down there (except for the french fry vending machines) - kangaroo cookies with hazelnut dipping sauce right next to Space Food Sticks! You'll have to buy some space food sticks and let us know how they taste.