2007-11-10 04:33:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
But stuff would only float about if you propelled it and gave it a velocity... whats wrong with keeping the bread still? lol
2007-11-10 04:39:02 · update #1
They actually don't use those tubes any more. During the Mercury and Gemini missions they did. Those astronauts weren't in space for more than a little while.
The Apollo astronauts had some freeze dried food and could use a water gun type of device to rehydrate the food.
Skylab was the only Space Station to have a freezer, so they were able to have stuff like ice cream when they were up there. (By the way, that freeze dried stuff? Mostly just a tourist thing. The astronauts don't take it up because you can't rehydrate it and it crumbles, and most don't eat it if they can help it.)
The Space Shuttle and the ISS have freeze dried food, thermostabilized, irradiated, and natural form foods that they can eat. The first three typically require the use of a fork or spoon. They have a bunch of different options that they can choose from to eat, and while the food does lose some of the flavor in the process, the astronauts can't taste a whole lot anyway.
Back to answering your question.. They no longer have those tubes, and it has now become a cliché.
:)
2007-11-10 08:08:16 · answer #1 · answered by head in the clouds... 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Food came in tubes. Sort of like baby food. You squished it out so that it didnt float all over the place. They also have freeze dried ice cream, which you can still buy at the NASA store in the Houston Airport and other places too.
2007-11-10 12:36:21 · answer #2 · answered by Abolir Las Farc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bread, as you asked, may break to give small crombs which in turn may float away and hit some electronic instruments. According to the newspaper columns, the space instruments are very sensitive.
2007-11-10 13:32:13 · answer #3 · answered by fazalul92 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do not want anything to get loose and float around,especially liquids. If a little water gets in the electrical system anything could happen.
2007-11-10 14:32:54 · answer #4 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe its because if they just had normal food it would float around the spaceship and be very difficult to eat XD
2007-11-10 12:36:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't. They eat normal food. However, they have no refrigerators and no kitchen, so much of the food has to be precooked or dried. Check out the website below for more information.
2007-11-10 12:41:34 · answer #6 · answered by John B 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
regular food floats around. by squeezing a tube straight into their mouths, astronauts don't have to chase their food around.
2007-11-10 12:35:55 · answer #7 · answered by legendatz 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Eating the bread is fine, till you think 'where will the crumbs go?'
2007-11-10 14:52:24 · answer #8 · answered by HARRY N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you think this question through before asking it? I hope you aren't that ignorant.
2007-11-10 13:08:08 · answer #9 · answered by rico3151 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋