Lance Bass to Continue to Plague Earth's Surface 171
thepooleboy writes "Looks like N'Sync member Lance Bass is NOT going to be shot into space! Yahoo News reports that Rosaviakosmos has not begun talks with Bass or MirCorp. "[Bass' flight] is just an advertising stunt, I can promise you," Spokesman Sergei Gorbunov said. "This is better advertising than he could ever pay for." Good! I'm glad that no cheezy teen pop videos will be staged on the ISS. At least not in the near future..."
I still say they should do it... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I still say they should do it... (Score:2)
Just get him up...away from me. Where he lands...who cares?
Re:I still say they should do it... (Score:1)
"Once the popstars go up, who care where they come down? That's not my department," says Werner von Braun
For the humor impaired, check some of the links from this Google search [google.com].
Re:I still say they should do it... (Score:1)
I am being realistic! (Score:1)
Of course!
But it'd be fun to try, wouldn't it?
Good (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Good (Score:2)
I think a poll is in order... (Score:4, Interesting)
I'm pretty sure that "Lance Bass to Continue to Plague Earth's Surface" would even outrank the CowboyNeal option!
Re:I think a poll is in order... (Score:1)
Peter.
And Slashdot must be an N'Sync fan. (Score:2, Funny)
I hadn't heard of this at all until I just read it here.
Of Course Watson! (Score:4, Informative)
Well yeah... He even got it onto slashdot, as well as my local news, and yahoo.com. I think that is some good marketing, as compared to a commercial.
Who wants the first crack at it? (Score:1)
[root@laptop]~/: ssh spacestation
root's password:
[root@spacestation]~/: init 0
connection to spacestation closed
good (Score:1)
Re:good (Score:2)
Re:good (Score:1)
Watch Dawson's Creek [sinfest.net].
Re:good (Score:1)
What concerns me more... (Score:2, Insightful)
What concerns me more is that I was happy not knowing about this and for some reason slashdot has decided this was "news for nerds. stuff that matters.". Anything that concerns a boy band member is _not_ something that matters.
Re:What concerns me more... (Score:2)
Oh my (Score:1)
Wait a min --- something is weird with this story ....
A quick search confirmed my suspicion -- this is the FIRST TIME N'Sync has ever been mentioned in a story directly. Slashdot has managed to avoid their names for this long ....
Re:Oh my (Score:3, Informative)
one [slashdot.org]
two [slashdot.org]
three [slashdot.org]
Re:Oh my (Score:1)
well, my b.
searing for "N'Sync" only got one.
Still 4 links out of the entire history of slashdot makes it a pretty rare occurance ...
Re:Oh my (Score:2)
people worth sending into space. (Score:5, Interesting)
Although there is the question of who should we send to stay, and who gets to come back. Sending certain overly rich folks such as Bill Gates or Michael Jackson to space to stay only invites comparison to certain old Justin Powers tv episodes (from the series that never existed, yet)
Any nominations for people to send to space and leave there? People to send to space and return for the benefit of mankind?
Send Up Rich People, Get Space Commercialization (Score:5, Insightful)
If wealthy folks want to shell out big $$ to shoot themselves up into space, better for us -- they are voluntarily subsidizing manned space flight, and by extension space research, for the benefit of mankind. This is one step towards commercializing (and thereby individualizing) space development.
Re:Send Up Rich People, Get Space Commercializatio (Score:1)
Re:Send Up Rich People, Get Space Commercializatio (Score:3, Funny)
GET INTO SPACE NOW! FIND OUT HOW! AND EMAIL SPAM@SPAM.TLD! this is not unsolicited mail, free ink refils and pictures of teen girls included in every order!
Re:Send Up Rich People, Get Space Commercializatio (Score:2)
SITTING IN OUTER SPACE AND RAN OUT OF TONER??!?!?
Re:people worth sending into space. (Score:1)
Re:people worth sending into space. (Score:2)
Well, we can always pratice and start small. good link
Again... (Score:4, Insightful)
Who among us wouldn't do the exact same thing if we had the resources?
Re:Again... (Score:1, Redundant)
And by "resources", you mean "a legion of screaming 13 year old girls", right?
The difference is that if any of us here on
Re:Again... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Again... (Score:1)
Re:Again... (Score:1)
Are we reading the same slashdot? Maybe I unchecked the "intellect" option in my config...
If he wants to go... (Score:2, Insightful)
The fact that he hasn't started negotiating with the Russians yet doesn't mean much - he's just contacted the people that are supposed to negotiate with the Russians for him. It'll happen.
Re:If he wants to go... (Score:1)
Hands down... (Score:1)
Oh my! (Score:1)
Am I the only one who's disappointed? (Score:5, Insightful)
Last time I checked, just about everybody here was 100% for space-tourism. Shooting Lance's jiggy ass up there is going to promote that just as much as it is his crappy band. Just be thankful that he wasn't going to be the first. Personally, I'd love to see as many tourists up there as we can get with an orbiting Hilton to house them all.
Oh yeah, and I liked the Daily Show's headline graphic for this story: 'N Space
Re:Am I the only one who's disappointed? (Score:1)
At the current primitive state of space technology, the classic "tourist fuckup due to inattention" means death. In an emergency, our brave, intrepid astronauts will do their best, but will be too busy trying to save their own asses to spare much time for a pop star they detest. (if they don't, they aren't smart enough to have been selected for the station to begin with)
Though if he decides he can safely go for a space walk without a space suit because it would be real kewl and anyone gets video footage, I hope it gets posted on the Web and broadcast. THAT would be real entertainment.
Re:Am I the only one who's disappointed? (Score:1)
I believe Hilton Hotels has officially stated they intend to be the first hotel in space, although I don't know how serious they were when they said that. Anyone have a link?
Re:Am I the only one who's disappointed? (Score:2)
Re:Am I the only one who's disappointed? (Score:1)
Oh yeah, and I liked the Daily Show's headline graphic for this story: 'N Space
Personally, I like CNN Headline News' title for this story: "'N Sunk"By far, this has to be (Score:1)
Re:By far, this has to be (Score:1)
I don't know about you... (Score:1)
hehe (Score:1)
Cut the kid some slack... (Score:4, Interesting)
Of course, I am not quite sure where all the animosity comes from. I will be the first to cry out against N'Sync and all that Jedi mumbo jumbo that Lucas tried to pull. Bass himself seems to be pretty smart and articulate, though (from what I saw when he was on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire way back when it was fun to watch at a bar with friends with lots of beer). Of course, anyone talking with Regis Philbin would probably seem pretty smart in comparison. Now that I think about it, not the best way to judge someone.
Re:Cut the kid some slack... (Score:4, Insightful)
Because he represents the worst in 21st century culture. It's not the money we mind; look at the last space tourist, few people here begrudged him his trip. I liked his going up, because it was nice to have someone besides the all-American square-haircut aeronautical engineer types actually getting to go up there.
But a pop singer? Come on...
Re:Cut the kid some slack... (Score:2)
You mean like the, uh, Russians?
Re:Cut the kid some slack... (Score:1)
Here's N'Sync's take on it during their hit single, "Pop":
"Now, why you wanna try to classify the type of thing we do
Cause were just fine doin what we like, can we say the same for you
Tired of feelin all around me animosity
Just worry about trust cause I'ma get mine, people can't you see"
It's my opinion that BRock97 is defending Lance Bass so fiercefully because he is Lance Bass.
I guess he was (Score:5, Funny)
Mission to Mars (Score:2)
Re:Mission to Mars (Score:1)
Let's send Wil (Score:1)
A horrible trend-- physics next? (Score:1)
This isn't necessarily end-of-story... (Score:1)
ill tell you why this is on slashdot. (Score:1)
It never fails to ammuse me how much people tend to attack nsync when these people are clearly not the intended audience.
if you like to talk about entertainment merit for their audience, you couldnt even start to muster up some sort of attack in the face of the overwhelming numbers supporting them. sales?...please! marketing prowess of their management?.... you are reading about them now.
and id be in a boy band in a second if i could go to space. oh, and the millions would be nice...and the groupies!....
im forming a boy band, who wants to come?
Re:ill tell you why this is on slashdot. (Score:1)
im forming a boy band, who wants to come?
You?
if this event were to take place (Score:1)
Re:if this event were to take place (Score:1)
Re:if this event were to take place (Score:1)
Much funnier if he pulled something Darwinian in orbit.
Lance Bass careening into deep space (Score:3, Funny)
That was my dream. Now I have to find another dream.
Re:Lance Bass careening into deep space (Score:4, Funny)
But Commander, I just want to sing .. sing ..
STOP THAT!
Lance Bass (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Lance Bass (Score:1)
Best headline in weeks (Score:3)
There's still hope. (Score:1)
Bogus quote? (Score:3, Insightful)
Where did that quote come from? I didn't see that anywhere in the Yahoo news article. And according to the article I read about this the other day [msnbc.com], nothing was ever said about it begin a done deal.
If you're ever privaledged enough to be able to even SAY you want to TRY go to space on a partcular space flight, why should any of us put you down for it? It's only a step forward towards average Joe being able to take space flights, not a step backward.
In Space, no one can hear N'Synch. . . . (Score:5, Funny)
(Lance Bass): Excuse me, Mister Astronaut, but after all this Tang(tm), I gotta whizz something awful. Where's the john up here ???
(Astronaut): Certainly.... go through that round hatch, close it, and spin the wheel. When the light turns red, press the big red button on the wall, and the door will open to the waste disposal area. . .
(a minute goes by)
(outside view) Lance Bass's corpse floating in vacuum
And people think spending money on the ISS is a waste (evil grin)
You want to get the Earth destroyed? (Score:5, Funny)
We are already under a strict "No Contact" ban in the Galactic Confederation - we go shooting NSync members into space and we will downgraded from "Not ready for contact" to "Dangerous - destroy immediately".
He'll be fine though (Score:1)
In space... (Score:1)
'Nuff said.
I say we dust off... (Score:2)
Here's a frightening thought... (Score:2)
!!!!! (Score:1)
"Best Slashdot article title ever"
What? (Score:1)
weren't mike and janet jackson on a space ship just a few years ago?
Best Title of a /. Article (Score:1)
Two thumbs up on the title.
All your Bass are belong to us (Score:1, Funny)
Mod me up, baby
We must stop sending dangerous materials... (Score:1)
Thoughts on "Private" Space Shots (Score:2)
The ISS program has been subject to some very severe criticism on the part of the US government due to cost overruns and repeated delays. The station was originally designed to have a seven-member crew and perform hundreds if not thousands of science experiments over its design life. Due to the loss of the US Habitation Module and the Crew Return Vehicle (not to be confused with the Honda CR-V), that crew has been cut to just three - and it takes two and a half people to just operate the station, leaving only a comparatively tiny amount of time free for science. The station may find its budget cut yet further if NASA can't rein in the cost increases, though the new Administrator is quite experienced at budgeting (which is, actually, why he was chosen).
One way to help the station pay its way is these "pay your way" visits. They are not disrupting the station's already-existing schedule, as the "ferry" flights that are used for these paid tours are already built into the program. Their purpose? To exchange the long-term crew's Soyuz "lifeboat" for another every six months, the Soyuz' certified on-orbit lifetime. Typically, the taxi crews stay on the station for about a week, then depart in the Soyuz already attached to the station, leaving the new one behind.
If you considering the importance of the ISS in long-term space exploration as a way to gain experience in long-duration missions (as Mir allowed us to do) and as a departure point for future missions to the Moon and Mars, you see why these tourist missions are important: help balance the shortfall in what NASA and other governments can't provide and help boost public interest in, and awareness of, the ISS program.
"This is better advertising than he could ever pay for."
Better advertising for the ISS. The more famous the proposed visitor, the more likely the news will be everywhere, regardless of whether or not he or she ever visits the station. And, if those press articles also explain in an unbiased way why the ISS is vital to us and to future generations, then perhaps its future will be assured as more than just a footnote or stumbling point on the way off of Earth.
That's the real reason this is an important piece of news.
First Star Wars... (Score:1)
Didn't Rosivikosmos say that..... (Score:1)
Rosvikosmos says "He hasn't spoken to us as of yet". My guess is that the yet portion will take place in about 2 weeks.
B
Lance who? (Score:2)
Maybe they named them so they could sell dolls and 7 tshirts instead of just one? (Or was that Meneudo that had seven?)
Send all of N'Sync into space... (Score:1)
Am I the only one... (Score:2)
I mean, sure, I don't listen to the group and never will...But I'm all for expanding into space. The problem is that the ISS is running low on funds...It would be A Good Thing for space tourism to help further the project.
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I have just read that the
I am confused. Which happens regularly on
Only one man can stop this from happening. (Score:1)
i was... (Score:1)
Who?? (Score:1)
a) sensitive blonde
b) tough yet caring brunette
c) quiet one with goatee and ghetto jewelry
d) funky hair
e) the other one, who needs more publicity
Re:boy band members wanted (Score:5, Funny)
I can't sing; I can't dance. I definately can't write songs or play any instruments. Hell, I can barely dress myself.
Where do I sign up?
Re:Any other /.ers like nsync? (Score:1)
Re:Any other /.ers like nsync? (Score:1)
Re:Any other /.ers like nsync? (Score:1)
Re:Any other /.ers like nsync? (Score:1)
Re:Any other /.ers like nsync? (Score:1)
Seriously, they're selling records in large part because of promotion from their label and MTV. Corporations may not have made this band, but they damn sure made them popular.
Re:Any other /.ers like nsync? (Score:1)
Re:Who... (Score:1)
Tell me how does N'Sync Matter? I could care less what they do.