Back in 2001, Pizza Hut became the first restaurant chain to deliver to space, reports BBC. The pizza was sent the International Space Station (ISS) onboard a resupply rocket.

Though the delivery was an obvious publicity stunt by Pizza Hut, one that cost them over one million dollars, it still required a ton of special planning to pull off. For example, according to ABC, “the pizza was seasoned with extra spices, especially salt, since it’s known that taste buds become a little dulled in space. And although pepperoni is the chain’s most popular topping, the company settled for salami since pepperoni did not preserve well during the required 60-day test: it grew mold.”

After the pizza arrived to the ISS, Usachov was videotaped happily munching on a slice.

Despite the Russians getting paid to have pizza delivered to them, the U.S. crew was forbidden from eating any of it because NASA has a policy against advertisements on their spacecrafts, according to ABC. There are no reports indicating that the Russians ate their pizza mockingly in front of the U.S. crew, which we can only imagine they did.

Source: businessinsider.com

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