Extra food?

I was wonder if Nasa packs extra food on board in case the crew has to stay
on orbit longer than expected, like on this mission.

How much is extra though. It surely depends on appetite.

I was interested to se that I was right about a tool being lost on one of
the space walks as well as the camera. If they know where they are, its a
pity they do not have a niftly little robot like those sphere things they
tested, that could pop off and grab the items and stow them safely.

Brian

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"Eric Carlisle" wrote in message
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I was wonder if Nasa packs extra food on board in case the crew has to
stay
on orbit longer than expected, like on this mission.

On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:25:21 -0600, Eric Carlisle wrote
(in article ):

I was wonder if Nasa packs extra food on board in case the crew has to stay
on orbit longer than expected, like on this mission.




I don't think food is the limiting consumable. I believe the limiting
factor is cryogenic oxygen and hydrogen for the fuel cells.

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Yes, I think a Saturday landing left about two hours of Oxygen in the tank
by calculation. I'm sure this could be increased if one wanted to do that,
but every time you add stuff, you reduce the payload.

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On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:25:21 -0600, Eric Carlisle wrote
(in article ):

I was wonder if Nasa packs extra food on board in case the crew has to
stay
on orbit longer than expected, like on this mission.




I don't think food is the limiting consumable. I believe the limiting
factor is cryogenic oxygen and hydrogen for the fuel cells.

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down." - Johnny Cash
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"Herb Schaltegger" wrote in
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On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:25:21 -0600, Eric Carlisle wrote
(in article ):

I was wonder if Nasa packs extra food on board in case the crew has to
stay
on orbit longer than expected, like on this mission.




I don't think food is the limiting consumable. I believe the limiting
factor is cryogenic oxygen and hydrogen for the fuel cells.

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Last I heard is a "human" can go 40 days and 40 nights without food :-)

Danny Deger

On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:08:41 -0600, Danny Deger wrote:
Last I heard is a "human" can go 40 days and 40 nights without food :-)
lol, maybe longer if they're overweight, it's the air that's the problem. ;-)

Craig Fink writes:

On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:08:41 -0600, Danny Deger wrote:
Last I heard is a "human" can go 40 days and 40 nights without food :-)
lol, maybe longer if they're overweight, it's the air that's the problem. ;-)

Well, air: 2 minutes
water: 2 days
food: 2 months


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lol, maybe longer if they're overweight, it's the air that's the problem. ;-)


Well, air: 2 minutes
water: 2 days
food: 2 months


I doubt that an astronaut would be in good enough condition to land a
shuttle after that.

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lol, maybe longer if they're overweight, it's the air that's the problem.
;-)


Well, air: 2 minutes
water: 2 days
food: 2 months


I doubt that an astronaut would be in good enough condition to land a
shuttle after that.


They don't have to land. They just need to lower the landing gear.

Danny Deger

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"robert casey" wrote in message
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lol, maybe longer if they're overweight, it's the air that's the
problem. ;-)


Well, air: 2 minutes
water: 2 days
food: 2 months


I doubt that an astronaut would be in good enough condition to land a
shuttle after that.


They don't have to land. They just need to lower the landing gear.

.... and turn on the APUs, deploy the air data probes, etc.

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