# I can't believe NASA is taking this seriously! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 3, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-nasa-is-taking-this-seriously/185921 "2003-07-03T01:33:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-nasa-is-taking-this-seriously/185921/21 "2003-07-03T14:56:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Creative\_Munster \* > \*\*Amen, Lumpy. Smells like a stinking pile of dung to me. \*\* No, that’d be methane production, which, although possibly valuable, would be a different story. ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-nasa-is-taking-this-seriously/185921/22 "2003-07-03T15:57:05Z")
Here is a new story with quotes from NASA. [We have no record of Manek: NASA](http://web.mid-day.com/news/world/2003/july/57637.htm) > [@](#): > > **San Francisco:** After a thorough check with all its scientific officers and regional offices throughout the US over two days, a NASA spokesperson has denied it had invited Hira Ratan Manek in any official capacity, or that it has anything to do with him. ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-nasa-is-taking-this-seriously/185921/23 "2003-07-03T19:54:14Z")
You can put anything in a blender, add water and turn it into a ‘liquid’. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-nasa-is-taking-this-seriously/185921/24 "2003-07-04T00:56:43Z")
Is he a Breatharian? ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-nasa-is-taking-this-seriously/185921/25 "2003-07-04T01:33:07Z")
There was a thread somewhere under the hampster cage about putting odd things in a blender… ---
**Author:** ![laigle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@laigle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laigle)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-nasa-is-taking-this-seriously/185921/26 "2003-07-04T03:09:41Z")
Well hey, most of the stuff I eat has no nutritional value. That counts, right? Anybody else betting that there’s a lot of milkshakes and vitamin smoothies in this “liquid and sunlight” diet? Or better yet, beer. Hey , wait a tick, that’s not such a bad idea… ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-nasa-is-taking-this-seriously/185921/27 "2003-07-04T07:18:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tarantula \* > **Hmmm. If I can hold my breath under water for 10 minutes, I should be able to hold my breath under water for ten years…** No, but if you can hold your breath under water for a year, you should be able to do it for ten years. There comes a point where you’ve simply proven that you can do something indefinitely.[Vilhjalmur Stefansson](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010119.html) ate only meat for a year and remained in good health; I think it’s reasonable to assume that he’d been able to go on for another year or another decade. In the same way, if you’ve lived on liquids for a year (and as **CRorex** points out, that may not be too impressive) and are not unhealthy, then I’d expect you to be able to continue. ---
**Author:** ![Tarantula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@Tarantula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarantula)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-nasa-is-taking-this-seriously/185921/28 "2003-07-04T08:16:57Z")
**Priceguy** - I apologise for the unwarranted sarcasm. I’m still not sure that your argument holds for liquid-survival. Anyway, your point is well taken. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-nasa-is-taking-this-seriously/185921/29 "2003-07-04T08:20:23Z")
**Tarantula** , apology accepted. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-nasa-is-taking-this-seriously/185921/30 "2003-07-04T19:18:04Z")
IIRC, people can survive for much longer without food than they can without water - I have a vague feeling (i.e. no cite) that the record for surviving on water alone is something like 180 days. (On the other hand, without water, you’d be lucky to last a week.) Of course, the operative word there is _surviving_ - at a guess, anyone on a space mission for NASA is going to be required to do rather more taxing things than just survive … ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-nasa-is-taking-this-seriously/185921/31 "2003-07-04T19:57:54Z")
From the link: > [@](#): > > Mr Manek said he “eats through his eyes” And talks out of his ass. What a bunch of shit. ---
**Author:** ![stypticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@stypticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stypticus)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-nasa-is-taking-this-seriously/185921/32 "2003-07-05T02:51:20Z")
Even if NASA _did_ investigate him, which a previous link indicates it won’t, it’s an easy run from “I can live off the energy of the sun” to “Boy, it’s a lot colder here in the US than it is in India, hey fellas? Pass the peas.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-nasa-is-taking-this-seriously/185921.md?page=1)