Posted on 09/12/2011 7:19:10 PM PDT by Nachum
The US space agency is offering schools and universities a special deal on astronaut cuisine and heat tiles from the now extinct space shuttles, just over 20 dollars a pack, NASA said Monday.
"The lightweight tiles protected the shuttles from extreme temperatures when the orbiters re-entered the Earth's atmosphere," NASA said in a statement.
"The food, which was precooked or processed so that refrigeration is unnecessary, is ready to eat or could be prepared simply by adding water or by heating."
Since the items are government property, the price to mail them was set at $23.40 for a package of "Tiles for Teachers" and $28.03 for a three-pack of food items, "Space Food for Schools."
Each shuttle had about 21,000 lightweight heat shield tiles to protect the spacecraft from searing heat which could reach 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit (1,650 Celsius).
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Space food for schools? I hope there isn’t any refined sugar in those meals Michelle would not be pleased.
I’m not sure how much is in a three-pack of space food for schools, but it might be something for survivalists to think about.
Special deal! Teacherz! Get ya free three pack of Space Food for Schools! Send no money now! Only $28.03 for postage and handling. Hurry, this offer won't last!
What pig-squat this regime has become.
But is it Halal?
1 space program, going cheap. being broken for parts.
They should make up their minds. Which is it: $23.40? Or $28.03?
ROFL!
It’s not space food unless it floats in the air in front of you.
and so it goes.. space food and tiles..
I’d give ‘em 5 bucks for one of the APUs or HP flight puters.
It often does, AFTER you’ve consumed it...
You have to ask, what did the tile cost new?
Why, since it isn’t in production any more is
it costing less? Talk about government waste!
personal aside.. the folks that made ‘em were real nice folk.. having met some thru work and family acquaintances
they’d be amused to see where some of this stuff is liable to end up.. still have some samples from years ago.. and it takes the heat.. pretty nifty engineering and chemistry..
you should have seen some of the stuff they considered..
Space food for schools? I hope there isn’t any refined sugar in those meals Michelle would not be pleased.
If they game the system right, they can get the food "free" using their SNAP cards.
Werner von Braun is rolling in his grave.
“There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further.”
When is Obama putting the military out on a flea market?
Oh, wait, he needs to use it alongside the North African caliphate against Israel. What a piece of muslim work.
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