p2pnet.net OT News:- You knew it was coming.

Following the successful spaceflight of SpaceShipOne, a soft-drink maker plans to offer the first free ticket into space as a contest prize to get people to drink more of its burp water.

Dressing the promo up as an altruistic gesture, 7 Up wants, "to make space travel a reality for everyone, not just for millionaires," says Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages spokesman Randy Gier.

Details of 7 UP’s first free ticket into space will be unveiled in 2005, says a press release.

(Pepsi and Coke must have blinked ; )

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See:-

burp water – 7 UP, the Official Beverage of the ANSARI X PRIZE, Offers Consumers the First Free Ticket into Space, 7 UP, October 4, 2004

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