Re: Don't Take a Yellow Powder in Space ...

> Johnson Barr Wrote:
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> > IIRC, it {Reingold Beer} came in little packets
> > that you tore open and dumped in a frosted
> > mug, and then you added ice-water.


Jason Rose Replied:
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> Interesting. Dehydrated beer ... I wonder if
> Astronauts use that ...


Sorry, Jason -

But having worked on the Lunar Excursion Module while employed at Rocketdyne, and later being acquainted
with Buzz Aldrin's daughter Jan, I can unequivocally reply that beer of any kind - dehydrated or otherwise - was
NOT approved for use by astronauts.  The resulting output would have overwhelmed the fluid recycling equipment
of the LEM, and seriously stressed even the updated units carried on the space shuttle.

On a slightly less serious note, here are a couple of Far Side cartoons that were modified a bit for the thirteenth
birthday of Jan's son Geoffrey:


IMHO, Buzz was completely justified in finally taking action to repel an obnoxious pest who had repeatedly
harassed several of the astronauts on many previous occasions. SFAIK, neither had been drinking:


Here's to you, Buzz!!    

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender