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kretsminky Maniac (V) Inmate From: A little lower... lower... ahhhhhh, thats the spot Insane since: Jun 2000	posted 03-20-2001 18:56 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.
mr.maX Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: Belgrade, Serbia Insane since: Sep 2000	posted 03-20-2001 20:15 Hmmm, if MIR hits the bull's-eye, I won't get a free taco, because I don't live in America...
Babamba Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: my mother Insane since: Aug 2000	posted 03-20-2001 22:14 i'll mail ya one Spam is yummy ~babamba
mr.maX Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: Belgrade, Serbia Insane since: Sep 2000	posted 03-21-2001 07:56 Thanks...
mahjqa Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: The Demented Side of the Fence Insane since: Aug 2000	posted 03-21-2001 13:02 What are tacos?
Babamba Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: my mother Insane since: Aug 2000	posted 03-22-2001 03:32 http://www.tacobell.com Spam is yummy ~babamba
Allewyn Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: Solitary confinement Insane since: Feb 2001	posted 03-22-2001 06:19 Damned unfair to non-Americans! I think I'll turn in my passport to Taco Bell
Qlmpnr Bipolar (III) Inmate From: London, UK Insane since: Jan 2001	posted 03-22-2001 12:22 sniff sniff if only I had a dear friend who would send a free taco to me in London...
Boudga Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: Jacks raging bile duct.... Insane since: Mar 2000	posted 03-22-2001 15:58 it's scheduled to land today in a remote area of the pacific around 1:20-1:30pm CST.

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kretsminky
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From: A little lower... lower... ahhhhhh, thats the spot
Insane since: Jun 2000

posted 03-20-2001 18:56

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.