Brit astronaut Tim Peake and his crewmates have revealed the answer to the question many of us have been asking for a long time: what does food taste like in space?
In a real time link-up with Mark Zuckerberg, the three-strong crew of the International Space Station answered queries from Facebook users.
The event was one small step for the astronauts, but one giant leap for the tech world because it was the first Facebook Live event involving people in space.
When Zuck asked the astronauts if food tastes different up in space, Jeff Williams replied: "Most of us like to have spicy food up here, because it can taste a little bland otherwise."
He said that zero gravity caused "stuffiness" as fluid shifted from the body to the head, meddling with space man's sense of taste.
Luckily, the astros have a great deal of nosh to choose from.
"We have a lot of food here from many different countries and it's very good," he added.
The myth-busting space men also decided to reveal the truth about astronaut ice cream, which is not the chalky, dried out substance us landlubbers believe it to be.
"The gift store version of ice cream isn't real," said Tim Kopra.
"Space X flew up here with a freezer and some ice cream, but we're down to our last few bars and are rationing it."
Food is clearly on the ISS crew's mind, because Tim Peake recently admitted he couldn't wait to eat a pizza when he arrived back on Earth .
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The astronauts were able to speak to Earth using Facebook's recently introduced Live feature, which allows users to broadcast in real time to anyone in the world.
When speaking to the spacemen, Zuck said: "We build products to connect everyone in the world, but connecting folks out in space is as extreme and cool as it gets.
"It's awesome."
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