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NASA is about to make its most important safety decision in nearly a generation (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 44 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (8 children)

Shitty Boeing aside, how are they eating up there? I don't know anything about space station food logistics, but if a planned week has turned into ten weeks, surely there must be a resource strain.

Edit: Google search says they can regularly send up unmanned supply ships.

[–] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can’t wait to see this project too in Google’s graveyard.

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah, the old lemmy switcharoo

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

They eat whichever astronaut dies first.

Just don't question the cause of death, because it will be blunt force trauma

[–] mihnt@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Don't they have their own version of MREs they use for situations like this?

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They just send up more food.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Imagine that Uber Eats bill.

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fr. Imagine the expected tip.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Instructions: please ring door bell

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Please leave anywhere near the airlock. Pls don't ring or knock, dogs bark.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 months ago

they must have a significant food bank supply, including some kind of reserve replacement nutrients in the event shit goes wrong. That or an incredibly redundant delivery network.

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 7 points 3 months ago

Cygnus, last mission launched on 4 August 2024.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago

I though I read they're currently housed in the ISS so they should have reserves. I initially thought they were stuck in their launch vehicle.

[–] Mythnubb@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

I was curious about this same thing.