Posted 12.21.2009 at 12:17 pm
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Soichi Noguchi
courtesy Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi has successfully lifted off from Baikonur Space Center on the steppes of Kazakhstan, bringing with him the first sushi in space.
"We had a training in Japan and I was stupid enough to train [my fellow astronauts] to be sushi lovers," he told Reuters.
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and what is the scientific purpose of this? lets go play sushi in space, woopdidoo, u want a sushi trophy with a moon on top your tuna roll?
So if you fart in space does it kinda just stay in a bubble that floats around?
Is this the RESEARCH are they doing that warranted spending hundreds of billions of dollars?
Next it'll be what whacky hairdos you can make in space...
I dont know about the last three commentors, but I love sushi, and space. Therefore, this is the most important event that ever occured.
Yes, billions spent solely on space sushi. We hit a golf ball on the moon; I forgot we went there just for that...
please.
Sushi actually is a very practical food for space: it comes in chunks, easy to handle. The soy sauce is a bigger problem though. We could try to make it jelly-like so it won't spill out...
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it's a cultural accomplishment.
Beecher Bowers
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Pieces of fish floating around in space, sushi is good. We'll soon see the first shot of tequila drunk in space too.
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