Cosmic Cuisine

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Scientist, Nasa, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Climate Science, Earth Science, Nature, Astronomy, Science, Multiverse, Spacetime, Astrophysicist, Space, Education, Cosmos, Astronomer, Startalk, Quantum Physics, Physics, Universe, Astrophysics, Star Talk

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🗓️ 28 March 2013

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

What ingredients provide "The Right Stuff" for an astronaut's dinner? From BBQ to ice cream, we feast on food fit for the stars.

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0:00.0	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:05.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.6	StarTalk begins right now.
0:15.9	Welcome back to StarTalk Radio, Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist.
0:20.9	This week our special topic is on space food.
0:24.5	What do they eat when NASA casts astronauts into orbit and beyond?
0:29.0	To help me digest this topic, I've got, with me, a comedian, Eugene Merman, Eugene, this is not your first time on StarTalk Radio.
0:37.0	Welcome back.
0:38.0	This is the second time.
0:39.0	Second counting if we're using the traditional numeric system that I've become used to.
0:44.0	Base 10.
0:45.0	Yeah, base 10.
0:46.0	Otherwise it would be one zero if it were base two.
0:48.0	In base seven, what would, what's visit?
0:50.0	Would this be of mind?
0:51.0	It would be two.
0:52.0	Yeah, just testing you.
0:54.0	For the geeks out there.
0:55.0	You passed.
0:56.0	Really up until probably four or three.
0:58.0	Anyway, so we're talking about space food.
1:00.0	How do you prepare it?
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