Posted on 10/05/2021 6:29:33 AM PDT by mylife
Tang, the orange-flavored drink mix that intrepid American astronauts took into space, wasn’t selling so well until it famously went into orbit. And there’s at least one astronaut who wishes it never left the ground.
Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, the second person to step foot on the moon, told the audience of the 2013 Spike TV Guys Choice awards that “Tang sucks.”
For those unfamiliar with Tang, it’s the orange-flavored breakfast drink that has somehow managed to stick around grocery store shelves for the past 60-plus years, as if there wasn’t already an orange beverage closely associated with mornings. Except the only thing Tang has in common with oranges is its color.
Aldrin, the famous West Point graduate and Air Force astronaut, was not only the second man on the moon, he was a combat pilot in the Korean War. After notching two MiG kills in 66 combat missions, he earned a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and joined NASA. So if Buzz Aldrin says Tang sucks, he’s probably right.
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Leave Tang alone! 😉
No kidding!
We used to mix up a bunch of Tang in our Coleman water cooler when we went camping when I was a kid.
Apparently it’s good for cleaning out refrigerators - leaves them smelling good.
I remember the old Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. He had Foster Brooks on and they were talking about the astronauts and their food.
Foster said that he had tried the Orange Tang and didn’t like it. “In the morning I prefer some Prune Tang.”
It almost ended the show.
When I was stationed in Thailand, Tang was rationed on base. Go figure!
Tell it to Uncle Ted!
Wang, bang, sweet poon TANG!
>>Leave Tang alone! 😉<<
Comments like that are why FR needs a “thumbs up” button! lol
we used to use a similar product we called ‘bug juice’ on submarines to polish brass.
In the original Cheetos color.
LOL!!!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
I’ve never seen that thing in my life!
That’s hilarious!
My ex once played in a foursome with Foster Brooks in a charity golf tournament. The laughter never stopped. But “prune Tang”... LOL.
If you disagree with Aldrin, that’s fine. Just keep in mind that old-school astronauts don’t take guff from laymen. The one time someone tried getting into his face about how the moon landing was faked ended with Aldrin punching that person in the face.
Astronauts were like rock stars. They could get all the Tang they wanted.
off topic, William Shatner will go to space next tues at age 96
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