Image via Tic Tac
Starry-eyed from the minty freshness of the latest
advancements in space, Tic Tac joined in on the hype by launching its own ‘UFO’ into space earlier this month.
Shaped like a Tic Tac, the custom space vessel lifted off on August 4 with the help of high-altitude balloons. The mission, overseen by parent company Ferrero and UK aerospace firm Sent Into Space, involved the ‘UFO’ carrying a whole batch of mints into the cosmos, possibly as fresh peace offerings for any extraterrestrial figure it might meet there.
The capsule itself is a reference to a UFO,
nicknamed “Tic Tac” due to its pill-shaped appearance, that the US military had released footage of.
Also on board were messages written by fans that described the mints. The notes were beamed onto the vessel’s screen for English-reading aliens to learn about them.
The sweet trip lasted just three hours. But as the saying sort of goes: that’s one small step for mint, one giant leap for mint-kind.
Image via Ferrero North America
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