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The Carbonated Beverage Dispenser Evaluation (CBDE) was a payload on the STS-51-F spaceflight in which Coca-Cola and Pepsi were evaluated in zero gravity.

The two companies intended to test the packaging and methods of dispensing the liquids in a microgravity environment and the experiment also played a part in the cola wars.

In 1985, the Space Shuttle Challenger flew it's eighth flight carrying the Spacelab 2 laboratory module along with a special carbonated beverage dispensers designed by The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo. Originally, only Coca-Cola was scheduled to fly on the space shuttle. They wanted to offer carbonated beverages for astronauts and observe the effects of spaceflight on changes in taste perception and had the goal of understanding the altered tastes among target populations. When PepsiCo learned that Coca-Cola was going on the shuttle, they approached NASA and developed their own drink dispenser, which also flew on the shuttle.

At the end of the mission, astronauts aboard the flight deemed it unsuccessful due to the lack of refrigeration.

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