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1. Yep, I ate em too, while underneath an aluminum space blanket like the ones they give to the illegals at the border now…

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2. I also have eaten one. Dry, mealy, not good. Killed my desire to enter the space program

   That and pissing and crapping in zero gravity.

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3. I have eaten them.

   Did it look the same in the toilet?

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4. My mom thought shit like that was good. Carnation Instant Breakfast was always in the cupboard too.

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5. I remember the teevee commercial when I was a kid – astronaut eats one of those nasty things through a small hole in his face shield during a spacewalk…
   I was disappointed when his head didn’t explode.

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6. Never had that but I loved Tang.

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7. Astronaut Ice Cream. The worst.

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8. I wonder what they use to kill BO in the ISS – gotta be smelling like a gym bag after all these years.

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9. Yes, they were pretty bad, but it’s one of those moments in history when our imaginations and the reality of someone landing and walking on the moon thrilled the world and made us believe any one of us could achieve our dreams. Too bad so many are so jaded now.

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10. Another thing that happened in the 1960s that didn’t make the news. Thankfully.

    I was alone, fishing the creek in Squaw Valley California.

    I had an overwhelming desire to take a crap. So I removed my pants and underwear and waded into the creek up to my nipples.

    I quickly discovered that crap floats.

    Eeew. Doodies everywhere.

    TMI.

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11. One of my great disappointments in life was finally tasting fresh squeezed orange juice, after a lifetime of frozen concentrate. It tasted like Tang.

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12. Why did I just share that?

    Because it was about the same time frame as space food sticks, I guess.

    I apologize.

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13. NEVER FORGET – “It’s a COOK BOOK!” They’re coming to take us to diner, and we are the main course! ; -)

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14. So if crap floats, is that where the term floaters comes from. I remember laughing with Rush talking about floaters on his program one time years ago. Whale shit floats too contrary to popular belief.

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15. #ASF.

    It’s a hash tag.

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16. Got one word for you.

    CAROB.

    Try and beat that. You won’t.

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17. Yep, we had those. That was back when moms fed kids ‘tasty energy snacks’ and let us play outside unsupervised and without a phone for hours. Now they feed them ritalin and park them in front of a screen.

    We had ‘space pens’ too! Just like the astronauts used! Yes, I am old enough to remember the invention of the felt time marker, or ‘Flair Pen.’

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18. Those, Carnation breakfast bars, breakfast squares, Koogle peanut butter and Mickey snack cakes…all a part of my childhood.

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19. I actually explored the Moon before America got her Independence.
    Had a heck of a time convincing John Kennedy to pursue the Space Program.

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20. Wait a minute. I think that I just realized what drives the political world.

    Crap floats.

    Why did it take me so long.

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21. Found a Bic Banana in a junk box at a yard sale. Recharged it with matching ink from a cheapo marker and now it works fine.

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22. I was sitting at the lunch table at work with a couple of other guys and one guy from South Africa was mixing a drink, powder and water. The other guy said hey T what you got there? T said “Tang” my wife put it in my lunch. Then the other guy said…is it poo Tang? To which T said…I don’t know I’ll ask my wife. Then the other guy said yes, ask your wife if she is giving you poo Tang and let me know what she says.

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23. IT’S PEOPLE!

    SOYLENT GREEN SPACE FOOD STICKS IS PEOPLE!!!!!

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24. Yes! I wa probably chomping on one of those while watching H.R. PufNSnuf and Kimba the White Lion.

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25. “Space Food Sticks disappeared from North American supermarket shelves in the 1980s”

    Well that explains why I’ve never heard of them before. 1960s to late 70s. Not a bad run for novelty snacks at 100% shelf space.

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26. I see them all the time floating in the Kiddie Pool at the Philadelphia Cricket Club.

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27. Caddy Shack worthy

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28. Tang wasn’t bad, we drank it all the time back then and it was cheap, it was certainly better than the presweetend fake sugary drink mixes that Pillsbury sold back then like Jollie Ollie Orange, Rootin Tootin Raspberry, Goofy Grape etc. That stuff could cause cancer and was way too sweet for its own good. Me, I’m a big bug juice fan (strawberry koolaid) which the Navy hooked me on because it was available all over the ship to help keep us hydrated because the drinking water was nasty and sometimes had JP 5 (jet fuel) mixed in with it.

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29. Anon, I’d like a bit of tang myself

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30. JP 5 helped kill the worms you might pick up on shore in the Pacific.

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31. How about that cereal called Product 19?

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32. Anyone else remember “Jets” cereal? Basically Kix with a sugar coating. Think monochromatic Trix.

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33. Had a plumber tell me put about a cup of Tang down the food disposal every once in a while to keep it smelling sweet. Never had the space sticks (crapped in water, glad to find out not to try it).

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34. Product 19? I liked that, I’d buy some today if I could find it.

35. They were a disappointment, but at least it wasn’t carob. WTH, mom.

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36. Maybe they’ll come out with Product 19 coated with Covid 19 and feed it to NY Gov. Andrew NippleRings and his pal Fauci the Phony.

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44. I’ll take my good old jerky, crackers & trail mix, thanks.