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• Author: Riggs, Mike
• Position: Dippin' Dots ice cream

IN TRUTH, DIPPIN' Dots are neither space-age (they were invented in 1988) nor space-safe (see page 76 for the skinny on what kind of ice cream astronauts actually eat). But many Americans nonetheless associate the "ice cream of the future" with Apollo-era optimism about the life-changing potential of new technology. Though they never caught on in the mass market, there is one way Dippin' Dots have...