![]() ![]() Sometime prior to STS-30, it was decided by the Orbit FDOs that an entire box of Fireballs be delivered for the mission. But the supply of Fireballs was only through the good graces of Doc and Karen, the repro lady. It was also clearly evident that Fireballs helped considerably in “situational awareness” during the long hours between midnight and 7 AM.Īdditionally, the Orbit FDO group lead (“Doc”) also brought over to console from time to time the very same Fireballs. The Fireballs were a big hit with the Flight Controllers who also used them as “attaboys” for their backroom support. Karen would, on occasion, give out Fireballs along with the reproduction orders that she delivered to the MCC. Karen had a rather bubbly and effervescent personality and had red to orange hair (perhaps from eating too many Fireballs). In the rare scenario where a deploy was not performed (and let’s be honest, we’re not talking GAS cans, micro sats, CROs, ODERACS, or other such wimpy deployables, we talking large, massive IUSs or PAMs here!), then the co-lead FDO would continue the tradition.īut why the delivery you ask? Well, it turns out that a young lady in repro, named Karen (last name unknown), began distributing Fireballs around the STS-26 timeframe. We figured that we would always have a deploy TRAJ for the foreseeable future. Mir and the International Space Station were something from Tomorrowland. You see, back in those days, upper-stage deploy missions were the bread and butter of Shuttle missions. After STS-30, it was adopted that the “Deploy TRAJ” continue to be responsible for providing a box of Fireballs each mission. The delivery was made by the Orbit 1 FDO. ![]() The earliest known formal delivery of Fireballs to the control center was May 4th, 1989 for STS-30. An estimated 15 million fireballs are consumed per week by people all over the world and the number continues to grow.įireballs have been provided by the FDOs for many years and the reasons we do this have been difficult to determine. The round, spicy, hard candy that was once a dream, had become a success. The Atomic Fireball gained worldwide recognition shortly after the product was introduced. ![]() This process continues until the pieces become the desired size. This process involves building candy pieces from single grains of sugar and tossing them into revolving pans while adding flavor, color and other candy ingredients. The Atomic Fireball was developed using the hot panned candy process. Within three weeks of sending samples to Ferrara Pan brokers, orders were rolling in at a rate of over 50,000 cases per day, far beyond the capacity Ferrara Pan could handle at that time. The sugar is whirled with melted sugar until it snowballs to the right size. When the product was presented to the candy industry, the capacity at Ferrara Pan was limited to 200 cases per day. Atomic Fire Balls Candy A single grain of surgar is the start of every FireBall. At this time in his life he had the idea to develop a spicy candy. Nello Ferrara, the son of Salvatore Ferrara, created the famous Atomic FireBall in 1954. ![]()
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