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07-04-2017, 02:21 AM
KFC's mission to send a chicken sandwich to the edge of space comes to an early end
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The spicy chicken sandwich has landed.*
A mission in which KFC, along with private spaceflight company World View, launched a Zinger sandwich into the stratosphere lasted only 17 hours—far short of its four-day goal.*
World View landed its "Stratollite" early because of a small leak in its altitude control balloon system.
SEE ALSO: KFC launched a chicken sandwich to the stratosphere, and they have a (very goofy) video to prove it (http://mashable.com/2017/06/30/kfc-sends-a-sandwich-to-the-stratosphere-video/)
The mission was in part to test the vehicle's altitude control and steering capabilities.*
According to a statement released by Jane Poynter, CEO of World View, all of the mission's test objectives were met. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/03/kfc-zinger-sandwich-fail/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The spicy chicken sandwich has landed.*
A mission in which KFC, along with private spaceflight company World View, launched a Zinger sandwich into the stratosphere lasted only 17 hours—far short of its four-day goal.*
World View landed its "Stratollite" early because of a small leak in its altitude control balloon system.
SEE ALSO: KFC launched a chicken sandwich to the stratosphere, and they have a (very goofy) video to prove it (http://mashable.com/2017/06/30/kfc-sends-a-sandwich-to-the-stratosphere-video/)
The mission was in part to test the vehicle's altitude control and steering capabilities.*
According to a statement released by Jane Poynter, CEO of World View, all of the mission's test objectives were met. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/03/kfc-zinger-sandwich-fail/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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