You can always count on the Metro newspaper for its well researched news stories. In a report about a competition by Pepsi to win a trip into space, Georgina Littlejohn writes:

   _'The fizzy drinks giant is in talks with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency to buy a £10 million shuttle ticket to the Mir space station'_

 [Hmmm…](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1123651.stm)