Astronaut appetites strain station supplies -- NASA drafting evacuation plan

Astronaut appetites strain station supplies -- NASA drafting evacuation plan
Dec 3, 9:19 PM
[JimO: I've seen the same report -- doesn't seem quite so catastrophic to
me]
http://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/spacestoryN1204STATIONFOOD.htm
BY JOHN KELLY , FLORIDA TODAY

CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA is drafting a plan to evacuate the International
Space Station because the two-man crews are eating more than engineers
predicted, prompting a critical food shortage weeks earlier than expected.
.........................

I would suspect that no one in the ISS Program Office would actually
admit this is happening.



"Jim Oberg" wrote in message ...
Astronaut appetites strain station supplies -- NASA drafting evacuation plan
Dec 3, 9:19 PM
[JimO: I've seen the same report -- doesn't seem quite so catastrophic to
me]
http://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/spacestoryN1204STATIONFOOD.htm
BY JOHN KELLY , FLORIDA TODAY

CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA is drafting a plan to evacuate the International
Space Station because the two-man crews are eating more than engineers
predicted, prompting a critical food shortage weeks earlier than expected.
........................

Actually, it is correct that they do have an evac plan set to go on Dec. 30
if the progress resupply fails in some way. ISS does currently have
something like a 30 day supply of food and they will return to ground if
they have to.

I do not know if it is due to the astronauts 'overeating' (news paper
reporter hype) or just the fact that the resupply is running late. I'm not
sure how much overeating can be going on if they all come back down weighing
less than when they go up.

Kim

"Explorer8939" wrote in message
om...
I would suspect that no one in the ISS Program Office would actually
admit this is happening.



"Jim Oberg" wrote in message
...
Astronaut appetites strain station supplies -- NASA drafting evacuation
plan
Dec 3, 9:19 PM
[JimO: I've seen the same report -- doesn't seem quite so catastrophic to
me]
http://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/spacestoryN1204STATIONFOOD.htm
BY JOHN KELLY , FLORIDA TODAY

CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA is drafting a plan to evacuate the International
Space Station because the two-man crews are eating more than engineers
predicted, prompting a critical food shortage weeks earlier than
expected.
........................

sure how much overeating can be going on if they all come back down weighing
less than when they go up.

Kim

Rumor has it too much food has been going to feed the zero G still, leaving
them short on rations.

Alina Chernoivanova wrote:
http://www.newsru.com/russia/10dec2004/mks3.html)

Spaceba for the link. The BBC had run the story about astronauts having to go
on a diet because of lack of food (with no further details).

This article puts everything into perspective:

Progress was delayed by a month. As a result, crews are eating from reserves.
So if progress doesn't launch before end of December, the crews may run out of
food. It also mentions that the previous progress, food was sacrificed to make
room for Elektron spare parts, so that didn't help the situation with regards
to having a delayed Progress this time around.

So the question now becomes: how come this progress is a month late ? had ATV
launched on time in fall of 2004, would a progress still have been launched
while ATV was attached ? If not, then I can see production scheduling problems
with Russia having to change its production schedule to spew out a progress in
fall 2004 instead of later.

Wow....the food runs low and suddenly the press is the enemy of the
state.

Yes the American protelariat masses understand that it is still early in
the ISS food shortage game. Take some stress medicine. No one is blaming
Russia for the food shortage. Instead of a 45 day reserve at the
Christmas re-supply they will have 22 days. Time to make plans.