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Kimchi in Space

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the use-a-pencil dept.

rtknox00 writes "For astronauts spending months in space, the smallest touch of home can make a big difference. So when South Korea's first astronaut Ko San boards the International Space Station this April he'll be bringing along a hefty supply of kimchi, the national dish of his native country. While bringing a cherished food on a long journey might seem like a simple act, taking kimchi into space required millions of dollars in research and years of work." Science may never get Thorramatur in orbit.

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  1. Great idea by Stanislav_J · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Bad enough any space station eventually ends up smelling like a men's room in Jersey City after a while.....they really want to add kimchi to the mix?

    I encountered kimchi once. Imagine, if you will, the stinkiest, foulest, most gag-inducing fart you have ever smelled. Kimchi is worse.

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    1. Re:Great idea by kamapuaa · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Kimchi is pretty good. I'm not Korean but it's pretty common in Hawai'i, it obviously has a smell but I've never heard anyone complain about it. I can't imagine what kind of white-bread Twinkie-eating motherfucker you must be, to have only tried it once, and thought it was so revolting.

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  2. Re:Well, at least... by StikyPad · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Pfft.. at least it's not Balut.

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