With the Academy Awards hoopla happening this weekend, I submit this scene from
2001: A Space Odyssey for the customary Flashback Friday post. We're aboard the Moon shuttle
Aries, grabbing a snack from the galley. Despite its cool, retro-futuristic look [consultants from NASA advised on much of the set design], the zero-gravity-friendly menu was limited to pouches of liquified foodstuffs. According to the script, the
Aries was operated by Pan Am Airways—which, in reality, had lunar aspirations of its own—and was renowned for
in-flight cuisine that featured recipes from Maxim's de Paris.
