Chinese Astronaut Says Space Food Tastes 'Great'

Reuters ^ | 10-15-03

[Brian S]

Oct. 15 — BEIJING (Reuters) - China's first man in space told his wife and son Wednesday that the bite-size food he took along for his 21-hour journey around Earth tasted "great."

"Daddy, have you eaten rice yet? What did you eat?" eight-year-old Yang Ningkang asked his astronaut father in a conversation broadcast on state television.

"I've already eaten, ate space food," said Yang Liwei, 38, during his eighth orbit around Earth. "It tastes great."

Yang was to dine on specially designed packets of more than 20 kinds of family-style Chinese fare, including shredded pork with garlic sauce, spicy "kung pao" chicken and "eight treasures" rice, the official Xinhua news agency said.

Yang's meals were to be washed down with Chinese herbal tea and health boosting tonics, it said.

[bonesmccoy]

Infighting within the mid-management of NASA is not the cause of NASA's lack of direction.

Congress and the White House set the direction for NASA.

We haven't had direction for NASA in 10 years.

[CWOJackson]

"Chinese Astronaut Says Space Food Tastes Great"

Beagle paste in a tube?

[Eric Paul]

I am posting this from China. Next week I am getting highspeed access. It has been available for over a year but I am just now getting it. I live in Liangcun. I doubt you can find it on an English language map. It is a tiny little country village in Hebei province about 45 minutes east of the provincial capitol Shijiazhuang.

On a side note back in my home state, New Mexico, broadband still isn't available in most rural towns.

[TSgt]

What are you doing in China?

[chilepepper]

Sweet, sour and hot dog...

[Eric Paul]

I am here studying the Chinese language. It is a daunting task but I am having fun doing it.