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Originally Posted by Beach potato

Glad our Honor is upheld in S. Florida In the (not too distance) future, when stories and myths are handed down to drivers of hydrogen or electric cars, there will be humble admiration of "the Tales of the Clutch Killer". It will be said that Astronauts aboard the Space Station saw a Silver and blue flaming comet streak by on its way to The center of the Universe.

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History

Tang was used by the NASA Gemini[1] space program. A NASA engineer working with the Gemini Space Program on a life-support module explains the story of how and why it was used. Paraphrased:
"... There was a particular component of the Gemini life support-system module which produced H2O (water) among other things. This was a byproduct of a recurring chemical reaction of one of the mechanical devices on the life-support module. The astronauts would use this water to drink during their space flight. The problem was, the astronauts did not like the taste of the water because of some of the byproducts produced, which were not harmful of course. So, they added Tang to make the water taste better ..."[5]