• 'Pie in the sky' as meat and potato pie sent 29 miles above Earth's crust
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[quote]It never quite made it into space, but one of Wigan’s chosen few – a meat and potato pie – has boldly gone where no pastry has gone before. Tethered to a high-altitude weather balloon, its progress monitored by an onboard camera, the celebrated northern concoction, complete with foil tray, rose to a point 29 miles above the Earth’s crust. It remained in the air for more than two hours before beginning a graceful descent into a field 38 miles away from its launchpad. First indications were that it did not reheat on entry. The unmanned flight provided a taster for the World Pie Eating Championships being held in Wigan on Tuesday. Organisers claim to be optimistic that data collected from the mission will help this year’s contestants down their 12cm competition pies in record time. Tony Callaghan, who owns Harry’s Bar in the town centre, said: “We are continually questing to go where mankind has never gone before: sub-16 seconds consumption of a regulation pie. “We are aware that scientists have been experimenting with plants on the international space station, to see if their molecular structure changes, so we are experimenting with pies to see if the structure changes with space travel.” And the point of that, of course, is to discover whether it “allows the pie to be eaten quicker”. Callaghan brought in experts from Sheffield-based SentIntoSpace to help with the launch from a pub car park. “Nasa didn’t want to know about this, so we got a couple of lads from Sheffield to sort it instead.” Bill Kenyon, of Ultimate Purveyors, the St Helens firm commissioned to make the pilot pie, said: “This is the first step to enable mankind to consume pies with more elegance and comfort. Neither the sky, nor the pie, should be the limit.”[/quote] [url]https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/dec/16/pie-in-space-falling-shortcrust-wigan-mission-pie-in-the-sky[/url] [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ocb7pQKUcJ0[/media]
Hell yes.
All this to see if a pie is a bit softer to eat?
It brings tears to the eye.
[QUOTE=GhillieBacca;51538788]All this to see if a pie is a bit softer to eat?[/QUOTE] The story's tongue-in-cheek, it's just a publicity stunt.
What a fucking tiny pie. Family sized or bust. Fuckin' extra terrestrials see that tiny thing they gonna be laughin' at us.
[quote]First indications were that it did not reheat on entry.[/quote] This article is great.
it would be fuckin wigan wouldn't it
"Shortly after the pie was sent off, it was found out that a fat man had stowed away onboard and started eating the pie. This is the last thing we wanted to happen."
this is the kinda science i wanna see
But is it as good as a [URL="https://youtu.be/gfGvVjEN1u8"]pizza in space[/URL]?
[QUOTE=Levelog;51538888]This article is great.[/QUOTE] Thats dissapoiting Meat & Petes are fucking terrible when cold. [QUOTE=Silentfood;51538895]it would be fuckin wigan wouldn't it[/QUOTE] I mean if anyone is going to do something silly with a pie, it's us Wiganers. Even funnier someone put this out as a response [url]http://www.wigantoday.net/news/aliens-issue-warning-after-pie-s-space-mission-1-8293291[/url] Landed safely in North Yorkshire [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-38342272[/url] The article says "Nobody has yet been brave enough to sample the "space pie" " Fucking give it here, I'll give it a go.
[QUOTE=RayvenQ;51548524]Thats dissapoiting Meat & Petes are fucking terrible when cold. I mean if anyone is going to do something silly with a pie, it's us Wiganers. Even funnier someone put this out as a response [url]http://www.wigantoday.net/news/aliens-issue-warning-after-pie-s-space-mission-1-8293291[/url] Landed safely in North Yorkshire [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-38342272[/url] The article says "Nobody has yet been brave enough to sample the "space pie" " Fucking give it here, I'll give it a go.[/QUOTE] Full space race between Westhoughton and Wigan. How far our pie technologies would accell.
[QUOTE]'Pie in the sky' as meat and potato pie sent 29 miles above [B]Earth's crust[/B][/QUOTE] I see what you did there
Should've been a Moon Pie
[QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;51549205]I see what you did there[/QUOTE] Thats the only one you caught? [QUOTE]It never quite made it into space, but one of Wigan’s chosen few – a meat and potato pie – has boldly gone where no pastry has gone before. Tethered to a high-altitude weather balloon, its progress monitored by an onboard camera, the celebrated northern concoction, complete with foil tray, rose to a point 29 miles above the Earth’s [B]crust[/B]. It remained in the air for more than two hours before beginning a graceful descent into a field 38 miles away from its launchpad. First indications were that it [B]did not reheat[/B] on entry. The unmanned flight provided [B]a taster[/B] for the World Pie Eating Championships being held in Wigan on Tuesday. Organisers claim to be optimistic that data collected from the mission will help this year’s contestants down their 12cm competition pies in record time. Tony Callaghan, who owns Harry’s Bar in the town centre, said: “We are continually questing to go where mankind has never gone before: sub-16 seconds consumption of a regulation pie. “We are aware that scientists have been experimenting with plants on the international space station, to see if their molecular structure changes, so we are experimenting with pies to see if the structure changes with space travel.” And the point of that, of course, is to discover whether it “allows the pie to be eaten quicker”. Callaghan brought in experts from Sheffield-based SentIntoSpace to help with the launch from a pub car park. “Nasa didn’t want to know about this, so we got a couple of lads from Sheffield to sort it instead.” Bill Kenyon, of Ultimate Purveyors, the St Helens firm commissioned to make the pilot pie, said: “This is the first step to enable mankind to consume pies with more elegance and comfort. Neither the sky, [B]nor the pie[/B], should be the limit.”[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Kinversulath;51549982]Should've been a Moon Pie[/QUOTE] Way too dangerous. Could have gotten stuck in orbit and royally fucked up tides everywhere.
[QUOTE=Kinversulath;51549982]Should've been a Moon Pie[/QUOTE] Banana Moon Pie, specifically.
[QUOTE=Kinversulath;51549982]Should've been a Moon Pie[/QUOTE] Came here to post this, glad to see we're all on the same page
What a time to be alive.
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