stackyFACTSGourmet dining in orbit essentially resembles intense medical procedures. To prevent violently floating water droplets from short-circuiting critical spacecraft systems, heavily freeze-dried space food comes in intensely sealed bags equipped with tiny valves where a dispenser violently injects hot water directly into the mush.
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