Final Frontier Jerky is
now available for delivery upon a crew request from the International
Space Station. The first requested delivery from orbit was accomplished
via a Progress freighter spacecraft on 22 May, 2001. Just ask the
ISS Food Manager to include it at the next re-supply opportunity.
PRESS RELEASE
Date Released: Tuesday, May 22, 2001
Beefjerky.com
ISS Crewmember
Orders Final Frontier Beef Jerky to Eat in Space
The Progress freighter
carrying Beefjerky.com's Final Frontier Beef Jerky was launched by
its Soyuz FG booster, blasting off at 6:32:40 p.m. EDT Sunday, from
the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The spacecraft and jerky safely arrived in
orbit about eight minutes later.
The spacecraft flew a two-day
approach to the International Space Station and docked at 8:19 p.m.
EDT Tuesday, May 22, 2001. This is the first supply of Final Frontier
Jerky to be sent to the International Space Station since it was occupied
on November 2, 2000.
On April 16th 2001, Beefjerky.com
contacted NASA's Office of Space Commercialization seeking to pay
to send one ounce of beef jerky to ISS as mail. NASA's Head of Commercialization,
Dan Tam, refused to accept $1000 as "postage" to send the small package.
Just 35 days later, Final Frontier Jerky is in space without any "postage"
cost, thanks to luck, ingenuity, and perseverance.
When the hatches open between
the Progress M1-255 freighter and the International Space Station
(ISS) Beefjerky.com's Final Frontier Jerky will be delivered to a
waiting astronaut. The astronaut specifically requested Beefjerky.com's
Final Frontier Jerky to be sent to ISS at the earliest opportunity,
after a recommendation by a nephew via e-mail.
A sparse 2-3 oz was all
that could be shipped aboard the Progress M1-255 resupply spacecraft,
launched May 20th. Mass margins are extremely close for Progress launches,
every item stowed aboard is tallied to the last gram. The mass allowance
came in the form of the astronaut 'care package', a small package
that astronaut families can send to their loved one in space.
This event marks the first
time Final Frontier Jerky was flown to the International Space Station
and the first time the product was specifically requested from orbit.
As Beefjerky.com fulfills this first delivery request from Space,
we look forward to the day when average people can float by a porthole
and watch the Earth turn below, while chewing on Final Frontier Jerky.
Beefjerky.com inaugurated
their space program in September 1997, with their first Final Frontier
Jerky launch into space. STS-79 Space Shuttle Atlantis blasted of
with 40 ounces of Final Frontier Jerky, destination, Space Station
Mir.
Beefjerky.com is very pleased
to make this announcement of the continuation of our space program
with our second Final Frontier Jerky launch into space.
Additional Information,
Contact
Greg Nemitz
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http://www.beefjerky.com
Why
wait for a rocket ride?
You can taste Final Frontier Jerky now!
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