# Bacon... In... Spaaaaaceeee...! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 13, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-spaaaaaceeee/599500 "2011-10-13T03:52:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-spaaaaaceeee/599500/1 "2011-10-13T03:52:01Z")
I heard this on the radio this aft. Two guys from Seattle want to launch a kilo of bacon into near space via balloon. [Link.](http://www.news1130.com/news/world/article/287528--duo-plans-to-launch-bacon-into-space) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-spaaaaaceeee/599500/2 "2011-10-13T03:54:58Z")
Bother! Could a mod please move this to MPSIMS? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-spaaaaaceeee/599500/3 "2011-10-13T04:04:21Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Bother! Could a mod please move this to MPSIMS? Thanks. Done. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-spaaaaaceeee/599500/4 "2011-10-13T04:12:00Z")
Ha! I knew it was [bacon for aliens](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=627053). ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-spaaaaaceeee/599500/5 "2011-10-13T04:15:42Z")
😃 And the launch is scheduled for … perhaps when pigs fly? They purchased orange jumpsuits and are growing mustaches for safety reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Beast\_Model](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@Beast\_Model](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beast_Model)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-spaaaaaceeee/599500/6 "2011-10-13T04:24:53Z")
The real shock to me is that their bacon salt is not only vegan, it’s kosher too. ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-spaaaaaceeee/599500/7 "2011-10-13T04:35:35Z")
Using re-entry heat would possibly be the most expensive method to make bacon. That would be the next logical step. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-spaaaaaceeee/599500/8 "2011-10-13T04:48:27Z")
[We’ve already done a thread on launching bacon into space](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=538411). The concept is already owned by the Chicago Reader – they need to pay us royalties, preferably in the form of bacon. ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-spaaaaaceeee/599500/9 "2011-10-13T04:54:44Z")
No, the idea here isn’t to push the bacon away from Earth, but to push it in its raw state just high enough so that it is fried during re-entry. Think of it as part of a balanced, intercontinental ballistic style breakfast. The tricky bit is in routing just enough of the re-entry energy to the bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-spaaaaaceeee/599500/10 "2011-10-13T05:08:04Z")
Perhaps the heat shields of space craft can be made of bacon. The fat boils off and cools the ship during re-entry, the whole continent shares the smell of nice frying bacon, and you can eat part of the ship after landing. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-spaaaaaceeee/599500/11 "2011-10-13T05:11:32Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Perhaps the heat shields of space craft can be made of bacon. The fat boils off and cools the ship during re-entry, the whole continent shares the smell of nice frying bacon, and you can eat part of the ship after landing. Wait, where’s that thread about the DARPA funding thing. I think this is the solution. Funding a hundred year space exploration mission with _ **Space Bacon** _. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-spaaaaaceeee/599500/12 "2011-10-13T05:15:09Z")
I think it’s enough incentive to offer the space travelers as much free bacon as they can carry. The taste of bacon fried under the light of a distant star has GOT to be the ultimate reward.