SciShow Space | 3 Myths About Astronaut Food

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Episode Title: 3 Myths About Astronaut Food
Produced by: SciShow Space
Description: Scientists have come up with some really creative ways to keep astronauts well fed in space for days and months at a time. But you should take some stories about space food with a grain of salt. We make science kits now! Go to UniverseUnboxed.com to learn more, order one online, or find them in a store near you. SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org Host: Reid Reimers ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/everydaylife/jamestown-needs-fs.html https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/mercury_mission.html https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/apollo-to-the-moon/online/astronaut-life/breathing-drinking.cfm https://history.nasa.gov/SP-368/s6ch1.htm https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/aam/cami/library/online_libraries/aerospace_medicine/tutorial/media/III.1.3_Nutrition_and_Hydration.doc https://www.foodandwine.com/lifestyle/how-nasa-made-tang-cool https://vintagespace.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/vintage-space-fun-fact-tang-in-space/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWghCdIqedA https://www.nasa.gov/offices/ipp/home/myth_tang.html https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/apollo-to-the-moon/online/astronaut-life/food-in-space.cfm https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_Food_for_Space_Flight.html https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/12/astronaut-food-international-space-station/548255/ https://www.aiaa.org/uploadedFiles/Education_and_Careers/STEM_K-12_Outreach/Kids_Place/Space_Activities/Space%20Grocery%20List.pdf http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/about-us/151-people-in-astronomy/space-exploration-and-astronauts/human-spaceflight-current-or-past/953-what-do-astronauts-eat-in-space-can-they-grow-food-beginner https://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/livinginspace/spacefood_feature.html https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20140016936.pdf https://www.nasa.gov/johnson/HWHAP/space-food https://books.google.com/books?id=_6hymYAgC6MC&pg=PA272&lpg=PA272&dq=apollo+water+byproducts+metallic+taste&source=bl&ots=Ny48ZRIDRy&sig=ACfU3U3gLx5ukQFD6qGiB72jGFi4T2vKRQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi08vnNpezgAhUhnOAKHRrjDxMQ6AEwDHoECAgQAQ#v=snippet&q=%22metallic%20taste%20of%20this%20fuel%20cell%20water%22&f=false https://youtu.be/z74OwRy8o9I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30toGMY5Rd0 ------- Image: https://archive.org/details/NASA-Ultra-High-Definition/Ultra-High-Definition-Video-from-the-International-Space-Station_Reel-1.mp4 https://images.nasa.gov/details-iss036e005718.html https://images.nasa.gov/details-John%20Glenn%20.html https://images.nasa.gov/details-S69-26149.html https://images.nasa.gov/details-s72-15409.html https://images.nasa.gov/details-s62-08743.html https://images.nasa.gov/details-s126e007618.html https://archive.org/details/GMT321_23_00_PaoloNespoli_PizzaNight https://archive.org/details/LifeOnStationB-Roll https://archive.org/details/ISS-Food https://images.nasa.gov/details-iss036e008131.html https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Freeze-Dried-Ice-Cream.jpg https://archive.org/details/MercuryGeminiApolloHdResourceReel/Mercury-Gemini-Apollo_HD-ResourceReel_06of12.mov https://images.nasa.gov/details-iss043e125774.html https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/restaurant-flat-design-chefs-hat-icon-with-side-shadow-gm909346654-250466817


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