JAKARTA - The mixture used to make sake in space as part of the world's first initiative by the Japanese brand producer Dassai arrived in Japan from Los Angeles, United States on Friday.
Dassai Inc. plans to sell one bottle of sake in a 100-milliliter size for 110 million yen ($950), with buyers already confirmed.
All proceeds will be donated to Japan's space development projects.
Speaking at a press conference at Kansai International Airport, where the "moromi" sake arrived on a Japan Airlines flight, Dassai Chairman Hiroshi Sakurai said alcohol had been detected after two weeks of brewing.
"At first we didn't know if fermentation could occur in space, but now I feel a little relieved," he said, launching Kyodo News (6/3).
In October last year, a special brewing equipment and raw materials in the form of rice, koji mold, yeast, and water were loaded into the HTV-X unmanned cargo spacecraft and launched with the H3 rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture.
The beer-making test was conducted in the "Kibo" experiment module of the International Space Station (ISS) in an environment that simulates the gravity of the lunar surface.
Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui, who was on the ISS at the time, was responsible for injecting water on the first day of brewing.
The resulting moromi is then frozen and picked up after falling into waters off the coast of California, USA. The moromi will be transported in containers to the Dassai headquarters in Yamaguchi Prefecture in a frozen state.
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