Astronaut Diet Quotes

The food isn't too bad. It's very different from the food that the astronauts ate in the very early days of the space program.

We try to keep it a normal day while we're up in space. You know, you don't want to change your time cycle too much, so we just keep it normal. And so, about 5 or 6 o'clock at night, after we finish working, we knock it off by having prerecorded shows that we watch sometimes through the computer while we're eating dinner.

Space is not a good place to mix foods because as soon as you take something out of the package, it becomes a flying object.

It was interesting to think that the very first liquid ever poured on the Moon, and the first food eaten there, were communion elements.

NASA asked me to create meals for the space shuttle. Thai chicken was the favorite. I flew in a fake space shuttle, but I have no desire to go into space after seeing the toilet.

Every month, we weigh ourselves to make sure we aren't losing weight. I really have been eating more than I do on Earth to make sure I don't lose too much weight.

While we've taken seeds into space, and astronauts on the International Space Station have eaten lettuce they've grown, we haven't produced fruit in space, so we can't pollinate something.

The first thing to know about space food - it is the ambiance; it is the environment. It is not the food.

If you don't like airline food, you'll probably have the same impression of space station food. I would not fly to space for the food.