Nissin Space Ram astro noodles

Juniper Foo | Jul 29, 2005

Oishi neh? Not content with conquering the world's stomachs with their sushi and ramen, the Japanese have now looked to outer space. And proving the sky's the limit, Nissin Food founder Momofuku Ando has developed instant noodle that can be eaten while in orbit. Having that first slurp recently was Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi onboard the American shuttle Discovery, digging into a special zero-gravity, ball-shaped version of Space Ram. Apparently, the soup can be heated with water at just 70 degrees Celsius, which means pretty lukewarm noodles. The mix is thick enough not to spill and comes in four familiar flavors: Soy sauce, miso, curry and pork broth. Unfortunately for the earthbound, there are no plans to ship these astro ramen down to terra firma.

See larger image

Price: N.A.
Availability: Only for spacefarers
Device: Instant noodles
Basic specs: N.A.

Filed under: Gadgets
1 Comment | Bookmark | Share

del.icio.us

Digg this

Furl

Yahoo My Web

Google bookmarks

Facebook

close this

Add tag

To add tags, you need to become a member. It's FREE.

Cancel

Log in or sign in

Anonymous says...
We the faithful take noodles in space as a sure sign from the one true god, flying spaghetti monster, for ever and ever, ramen. For your edification- www.venganza.org

Sep 23, 2005 08:13