Russian Cargo Ship delivered 440 pounds of food for crewmen
MIL/Agencies, Dec 30, 2004. Space Report
The two International Space Station crewmembers were forced to cut back rations by 5 to 10 percent last week. They were waiting for the Russian cargo ship to augment the food supply. Due to shortage of food and instructions from the Earth, they reduced their quota of meat and vegetables and ate more sweets and snacks according to U.S. astronaut Leroy Chiao.
The two crewmen aboard the International Space Station are a few pounds lighter now , but none the worse for wear, after being forced to ration food while waiting for a supply ship to arrive.
"A lot of people would be happy to lose about five or 10 pounds of their weight," U.S. astronaut Leroy Chiao said in a press conference from space.
Chiao and Russian cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov were forced to cut back rations by 5 to 10 percent when it was discovered that the previous crew consumed more of the station's food supplies than expected.
Chiao and Sharipov ate less meat, potatoes and vegetables, but they had plenty of snack food available, Chaio reported. On arrival of the new consignment of food, the crewmen are now happy and have resumed their normal food.
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