These heroes tried to cook a pie by sending it to 'space'

Human beings have sent all sort of things into space, from Luke Skywalker's lightsaber to Lego mini-figures of Galileo and the Roman deities Jupiter and Juno, or even a pizza. 

Now it's the turn of a meat and potato pie, to boldly go where no pie has gone before. Well, sort of. 

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Ahead of the World Pie Eating Championships, the tasty pastry was launched into the stratosphere from Wigan, north-west England. 

Just another pie in the sky story on Twitter: a meat & potato pie was sent into space from Wigan yesterday for 'scientific research'..http://pic.twitter.com/OjfdS9hnfk

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