posted 08-04-2005 11:01 PM               

One Small Pizza for Man, One Giant Pizza with Extra Cheese for Mankind

The scene aboard the space shuttle Discovery must have been like something out of a Hollywood blockbuster. "Houston, we have a problem. Our supply of Domino's Pizza is depleted. I repeat, all Domino's Pizza is gone. Do you copy?"

Domino's Pizza copied loud and clear. When astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery told The Today Show the one thing they missed most from Mother Earth was pizza, team members from Domino's Pizza, the world recognized leader in pizza delivery, pondered the idea of becoming the galactically-recognized leader in pizza delivery.

"Domino's Pizza wants to figure out a way to deliver pizzas to our brave astronauts aboard the shuttle Discovery," said Holly Ryan, Domino's Pizza spokesperson.

Domino's Pizza is quite aware of the difficulty of delivering pizzas to outer space, so "Plan Beta" involves Domino's Pizza offering to cater a "welcome home" pizza party for the astronauts at the conclusion of their mission.

"While we are the best at pizza delivery, our delivery vehicles aren't yet capable of breaking the earth's gravitational pull," adds Ryan. "That's where NASA comes in. If they'll let us borrow a shuttle, we'll deliver to space. If not, Domino's can deliver to the Discovery's shuttle bay door upon their touchdown."

posted 08-05-2005 03:28 AM               

And all this without actually doing anything! All Domino's did was say we would deliver to space if we could. The local pizza place on the corner of my street could say the same thing.

posted 08-05-2005 06:30 AM               

Pizza Hut previously flew a personal pan pie to the International Space Station but Domino's offering to cater a pizza party for the crew really emphasizes the desire for a celebration.

posted 08-05-2005 03:39 PM               

And Domino's pizza just <sarcasm> tastes so good on earth </sarcasm> I'm sure that it will taste equally as yummy in zero g.