SpaceKraft: How A Food Company Gave Away A Spaceship!

[@subnormality5854]

I know it's as inconsequential as anything, but hearing the term "Ford Edsel" made my inner car nerd wince

[@kevanhubbard9673]

Going to the stars has proven a lot more challenging than anticipated,a slight problem with the Speed of Light and the huge amount of energy needed to even achieve even 1 percent of the speed.

[@IN_THIS_DAY_AND_AGE]

Pepsi ran a competition offering a real Harrier jump jet as a prize. They renaged when someone won, and it ended in a court case.

[@enisra_bowman]

*sigh* NO, they did not and you only got 3 things right: Pepsi, Harrier and court, but everything else is completly wrong ... 1. it was an loyalty marketing sceme for Pepsi Merch 2. it was OBVIOUS a Joke that only americans could remotly take seriously 3. someone tried, in other true american fashion, scam the value of one out of Pepsi by sueing them, they had been unsuccessfull