Taking Humdrum Astronaut Food, and Kicking It Up a Notch

The New York Times visits Houston to find out how scientists keep the astronaut food exciting:

The first rule about cooking for astronauts is don’t make anything that crumbles. No one wants to chase a crumb around a space station.

Although most people rarely consider what the three people who live on the International Space Station are going to have for dinner, food scientists in Houston spend their days worrying like fussy mothers over what their astronauts eat.

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