How fascinating is that? Astronauts can enjoy ice cream too! Or, I can experience ice cream as an astronauts would do... for 2.99£ only!
I really couldn't resist buying it. But I can't think of opening it. So, I can't say how it tastes like, or how the texture feels... But, really, who cares about taste and texture when you are eating the same ice cream that astronauts eat! It's all about the ideas in our head, the associations with another environment, lifestyle and routine. It's all about trying something that is exclusive to the unimaginable world of space stations, absence of gravity and infinite sky. It's about being included in an elitist world. Taste is pointless here, meanings rule.
Do you want to know how it works? here...
HOW IS ASTRONAUT ICE CREAM FREEZE-DRIED? (form the back of the package)
Freeze-drying, or lyophilization, removes water from the ice cream by lowering the air pressure to a point where ice shifts from a solid to a gas. The ice cream is placed in a vacuum chamber and frozen until the water crystallizes, The air pressure is lowered, creating a vacuum, forcing air out of the chamber; next heat is applied, vaporizing the ice; finally a freezing coil traps the vaporized water. This process continues for hours, resulting in a perfect freeze-dried ice cream slice.