When the space race first began, scientists didn't even know if it was possible for humans to eat in a zero gravity environment.

Once they figured out it was possible, it didn't mean that it wasn't without problems.

There was a host of issues with eating in a zero-g

environment that had to be overcome. Some foods were able to be made edible in

space and some never were. Learn more about what astronauts eat in space and how they do it on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. I wanted to let all of you know that the one year anniversary of this podcast is coming up on July 1st.

In celebration, I'd like to do a special episode

and answer all of your questions.

If you have questions about past episodes, future episodes,

how I produce a show,

or questions about me personally, I'd be happy to answer them.

Feel free to send me any questions you might have via direct message on Twitter or Instagram.

I check those regularly.

Likewise, you can also ask on the discord server,

or you can send me a direct email at Gary at everything

dash everywhere.com.

Send in whatever questions you have, and I'll try to answer as many as possible.

If I have too many, I'll split them up into more than one show and spread them out.

You can find my email address and all the links I mentioned in my social media accounts in the show notes. As I noted in the introduction, it wasn't even known at first if it was possible to eat in a zero gravity environment.

Chewing, swallowing, and digestion all follow a downward path which is helped, at least in part, by gravity.

They probably knew it would work, given that you can swallow food upside down,

but you never really know until you try it. The plan they came up with for the very first space

travelers was pureed food, which was put in the equivalent of toothpaste tubes.

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