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Pizza delivery to Space Station!
The fixings flew up last month on a commercial supply ship, NASA's space station manager, Kirk Shireman, took pity on Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli's pizza craving and, in mid-November, shipped up all the ingredients on a Dulles-based Orbital ATK capsule.
The first-ever pizza party in space
"The IPDS (Intergalactic Pizza Devouring Squad) says 12 thumbs up!"
Source: http://www.loudountimes.com/news/article/loudoun_based_orbital_atk_helps_make_first_ever_pizza_party_in_space432
smithdogg22
zachwhack
No pineapple, +1
IdRatherBeInSeattle
The experience of eating & digesting must be so weird without gravity
SedativeComet
How did they cook the pizza?
AndyBlacksmith
Floated it to the Sun and back
TwinWaterTowers
it looks like foil covered pizza comes out of a metal suitcase. so, maybe that's some version of an oven?
cyberjazz
In before the flat earthers claim this is fake
gardenofbleedin
The pizza is a sphere. This is the last fucking time I'm saying it.
HelloMyNamesInigoMontoya
When you're in zero gravity absolutely everything can become a toy and I bet that never gets old.
TwinWaterTowers
I do wonder how they keep it clean, though.
HelloMyNamesInigoMontoya
I imagine of they make a mess they probably scrub it clean with Comet.
TwinWaterTowers
LOL.
Thecogwheel
Nice pun, but seriously I wonder how they keep the loose bits of cheese and sauce from fucking their life support up
HelloMyNamesInigoMontoya
Idk. I just take it for granted that they're astronauts so they're smarter than me and probably have a good handle on it.
TwinWaterTowers
They constantly vacuum their HEPA filters and spend 4hrs every Saturday morning cleaning the station.
AndyBlacksmith
There were probably some major, high profile meetings about sending this pizza to space.
TwinWaterTowers
TIL- apparently Paolo Nespoli missed pizza so much that "he boldly brought it up to his boss during a live streamed public event." lol
TwinWaterTowers
Thought it was funny that they waited until an Italian was in space before they sent American pizza up.
SedativeComet
Hey the Americans gotta do everything first or else there's no point.
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IamMattman
As an American tax payer, there are a lot worse ways my money is being spent. Pizza party in space is fine by me.
AndyBlacksmith
I'm more mad I wasn't invited
Thecogwheel
Actually most of the meetings probably involved answering questions like "how do we prevent crumbs and loose bits of food from gumming up
Thecogwheel
The 20 million dollar Equipment?"
TwinWaterTowers
I just read up on that. They have a very good vacuum they use on their HEPA filters and every Saturday morning they all clean the station
AndyBlacksmith
Wait they have to be up early on saturday? Just a sec need to cancel my application to nasa
TwinWaterTowers
According to one astronaut, 2-4 hrs. but he also admitted to skipping some of it. i guess even in space no one wants to clean their room