Preserved Topic: Free tacos!!! (Page 1 of 1)

Come on MIR I want my free taco!

The Associated Press

IRVINE, Calif. -- If Mir hits the bull's-eye, everyone wins a taco.

That's what Taco Bell is promising 281 million Americans if the core of the Russian Mir space station hits a floating target the fast food company will anchor 10 miles off the Australian coast.

"I don't know what the odds are," said Laurie Gannon, a spokeswoman for the Irvine-based company. "Call Vegas."

The 135-ton Mir is expected to come crashing back to Earth on Friday, ending 15 years in orbit. Russian controllers expect as much as 25 tons of Mir's wreckage will survive re-entry to hit a remote area of the Pacific Ocean well east of Australia.

One expert said the odds the station's core will come down on Taco Bell's 40-by-40 foot vinyl target -- emblazoned with the company's logo and the words "Free Taco Here!" -- are slim to none.

"They're not going to lose any money at all," said William Ailor, director of The Aerospace Corp.'s Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies.

Taco Bell estimates it would have to spend less than $10 million to give everyone in the U.S. a coupon for a free taco. Just in case, the company has purchased an insurance policy to cover the cost.

Hmmm, if MIR hits the bull's-eye, I won't get a free taco, because I don't live in America...

i'll mail ya one

Spam is yummy
~babamba

Thanks...

What are tacos?

http://www.tacobell.com

Spam is yummy
~babamba

Damned unfair to non-Americans! I think I'll turn in my passport to Taco Bell

*sniff sniff* if only I had a dear friend who would send a free taco to me in London...

it's scheduled to land today in a remote area of the pacific around 1:20-1:30pm CST.