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Space Ramen!

Posted by michael on from the that's-using-your-noodle dept.

Tetsujin28 writes "Nissin Foods Products has agreed to collaborate with NASDA (Japan's space agency) to create instant ramen for use on Japan's ISS module, to be launched beginning in 2004. (Fun detail: the NASDA research module is named Kibo.)" Eating ramen in zero-gee has got to be an interesting trick.

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  1. Ramen: Not just for college students anymore. by SocialWorm · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I wonder how soon it will be before this is marketed to the general public, although I see no reason why people can't just survive on ice cream.

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  2. But HOW (to eat)? by kasnol · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I know there are 2 types of raman u can eat in Japan, one is hot soup based and one is where you eat it cold (dip into soya-sauce).

    However in space if u eat it with hot soup, you can't really "pick" it up from zero grav, nor can you dip it into the sauce first then eat, which is where all the fun is.

    Further more you need to pick them up using chopsticks ?

    or maybe the final product will be straw ("slurp") based, who knows ? :)
    But then it won't be raman anymore ...

    Hope there are futher info on the final product when it is implemented in future.