Domino's Pizza Plans Restaurant On The Moon (VIDEO)

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie...that's amore.

Or it could be astronauts eating Domino's Pizza in space.

The public relations department at Domino's Pizza confirmed to The Huffington Post that the pizza corporation's Japanese arm has proposed a far-fetched plan to build a restaurant on the moon.

If it turns out being anything more than a publicity stunt, the lunar restaurant would carry a lofty price tag. The Telegraph published a breakdown of the predicted costs, which are estimated to amount to more than $21 billion:

"The company estimates the entire project will cost Y1.67 trillion -- some £13.4 billion -- of which Y560 billion (£4.5 billion) will be required to transport 70 tons of construction materials and pizza-making equipment to the moon aboard 15 rockets."

Building the restaurant seems to be a strike at Pizza Hut, which became the first chain to deliver pizza to space back in 2001.

An artist on the Domino's Japan website had some fun brainstorming what the pizzeria might look like, including a pretty imaginative "fun room" -- because what's the point of making pizza in space if you can't play zero-gravity darts while you're waiting for your pies?

Comments

[ldeibler]

01:08 PM on 09/14/2011

What a bold move on Domino's part. I can say this location is quite surprising to say the least! The Pavone Food & Beverage blog discusses Domino's plan as well and points out a few other unexpected restaurant locations (I hope the air plane restaurant takes off!). http://www.pavonefoodandbev.com/dominos-on-the-moon-and-other-oddly-located-restaurants/

[bobzaguy]

02:10 PM on 09/11/2011

Maybe costly setup but just think of the cheap 'weightless' delivery costs! And the possible marketing double entendres with 'wait less', 'way less', to name a few.

[Lucky S7even]

09:35 AM on 09/07/2011

domino's needs to learn how to make pizza on earth first.

[chasealvins]

02:44 PM on 09/06/2011

I have a dream.

[Don Jermo]

01:19 PM on 09/04/2011

How do you make pizza in zero gravity? Plus Dominos probably never planned to make this, they just want people to talk about them, and it works.

[gregory57]

10:52 PM on 09/03/2011

I wouldn't eat at Domino's if it was the only pizza place on the Moon!

[Spencer Miller]

12:33 AM on 09/03/2011

If Domino's is that determined to waste their money I think I'll give them my bank account number and they can make a deposit on my behalf.

[0x00000000]

07:14 PM on 09/02/2011

Given that the moon is 99.94% pure green cheese, Domino's Pizza will be able to make approximately infinity pizzas, fueling human conquest of the universe!

"30 centons, or it's free!" :-)

[antipodal2u]

09:26 AM on 09/02/2011

Puh-leeze. Dominoes pizza SUX! An embaressment to earthlings let alone across the solar system and galaxy. Aliens will wonder WTF are these earthlings eating!?

[Mike Dennison]

09:17 AM on 09/02/2011

Why are they talking about "zero-gravity darts" on the Moon? With scientific geniuses like that making plans for a Moon base, I wouldn't plan on having any Moon pies any time soon.

[keviacono]

09:13 AM on 09/02/2011

They should plan on making a pizza taste better than the box it comes in!

[maxout22]

07:13 AM on 09/02/2011

You can't miss it. It's right next to Denny's

[rae112754]

05:47 AM on 09/02/2011

Can I get whatever they are smoking on a large pizza with extra cheese.

[L I Beral]

02:09 AM on 09/02/2011

The staff will have to be prepared for a lot of boredom between customers. Then it'll be hectic as hell when the bus arrives.

[MikeDu]

12:17 AM on 09/02/2011

Hey, this makes just about as much sense at the 'international space station', which the American taxapyers spent "billions and billions" (to quote Carl Sagan) on.

[rae112754]

05:50 AM on 09/02/2011

Upon completion it will hace cost appx. 100 billion dollars. And in ten years we are going to stop using it and abandon it. Makes alot of sense, especially when it comes to our government.