Apollo 11 50th Anniversary

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(07-26-2019 03:45 AM)DavidM Wrote:  

(07-26-2019 01:48 AM)mfleming Wrote:  Tang. Only space program spinoff I ever heard of at the time. Nasty stuff!

Tang, and Space Food Sticks, and pens that had pressurized ink cartridges so they could write in a 0g environment. Ahh, those days. I was 8 years old at the time, and remember being fascinated by everything related to the space program. My brother created a "space club" and gave all prospective members a test that had to be passed in order to join. Much to his dismay, I passed.

Yes, the USA spent millions on the pressurized pen technology. When we docked with the Russian Soyuz, we discovered that the Russian Cosmonauts just used pencils.
As for Tang and Space food sticks, I loved 'em! Anything the Astronauts did was golden in my mind. Tang was good and chocolate Space Food Sticks were tremendous!