New Reality Show's Prize? 10 Days on the International Space Station (cnn.com) 24
CNN reports:
A planned reality show will seek to give the winner of its on-air competition "the greatest prize ever given out on Earth" — a 10-day stay on the International Space Station...
The production company's press release said that the team is "now looking for global brand and primary distribution partners." Space Hero is planning to open the application process for the show in the first half of 2021 before broadcasting begins in 2022, a spokesperson said via email Friday... Space Hero, which is headed by a former News Corp executive named Marty Pompadur, said it is working with Texas-based startup Axiom Space to coordinate the trip into orbit.
Axiom was co-founded and led by Michael Suffredini, who led NASA's International Space Station Program from 2005 to 2015. The company plans to serve as a go-between for NASA, launch providers such as SpaceX and Boeing, and any private-sector individuals interested in booking rides to space for tourism, entertainment or other business purposes. Axiom has also said it can provide all the training necessary to prepare individuals for a trip to the ISS...
Private citizens have visited the space station before: A company called Space Adventures previously organized eight trips to the International Space Station for ultra-wealthy travelers between 2001 and 2009 using Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Allowing tourists and other private citizens to make use of the space station — via SpaceX's or Boeing's new spacecraft — is part of NASA's goal of commercializing outer space.
CNN notes that Axiom is also handling the training and coordination for that Tom Cruise movie that's going to be filmed in space.
The production company's press release said that the team is "now looking for global brand and primary distribution partners." Space Hero is planning to open the application process for the show in the first half of 2021 before broadcasting begins in 2022, a spokesperson said via email Friday... Space Hero, which is headed by a former News Corp executive named Marty Pompadur, said it is working with Texas-based startup Axiom Space to coordinate the trip into orbit.
Axiom was co-founded and led by Michael Suffredini, who led NASA's International Space Station Program from 2005 to 2015. The company plans to serve as a go-between for NASA, launch providers such as SpaceX and Boeing, and any private-sector individuals interested in booking rides to space for tourism, entertainment or other business purposes. Axiom has also said it can provide all the training necessary to prepare individuals for a trip to the ISS...
Private citizens have visited the space station before: A company called Space Adventures previously organized eight trips to the International Space Station for ultra-wealthy travelers between 2001 and 2009 using Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Allowing tourists and other private citizens to make use of the space station — via SpaceX's or Boeing's new spacecraft — is part of NASA's goal of commercializing outer space.
CNN notes that Axiom is also handling the training and coordination for that Tom Cruise movie that's going to be filmed in space.
will it come with an big tax bill on the 100M+ (Score:4, Insightful)
will it come with an big tax bill on the 100M+ trip value?
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"the greatest prize ever given out on Earth" -- a 10-day stay on the International Space Station
will it come with an big tax bill on the 100M+ trip value?
Well of course, it's income. The actual bill to WORRY about is the one you receive while you're there -- they remind you that in the contact you didn't read it's an all-expense-paid ... ONE way trip. Getting home and paying for that is your problem.
But not to worry, they have those cute 50ml-sized bottles [acespirits.com] of water and O2 for Very Reasonable Prices you can use while you get your transportation loans all lined up. And I hear Red Bull [wikipedia.org] is looking for a higher altitude redo, so there's a chance you could
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That's not as worrying. I can file bankruptcy to get out of debt with a production company. The IRS will just take 90% of all the rest of my income until I die (and can get into my 401k).
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Misery is easy (Score:2)
As the saying goes - It's happiness you have to work at ...
Trump's lies were the easy choice.
How long ... (Score:3)
Re: How long ... (Score:1)
Runner Up (Score:3)
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Isn't that Pittsburgh? Don't the losers of hte Pennsic War, the medieval re-enactment event held by Society for Creative Anachronism, get Pittsburgh?
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I have briefly watched reality shows in the past - the participants are pretty much all self-absorbed jerks of the first order.
Whatever the winner's prize is, the losers are anyone who has to spend any time in the proximity of someone who's willing to participate on a reality show.
No (Score:2)
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Oddly enough, they appear to have thought about that..."Axiom has also said it can provide all the training necessary to prepare individuals for a trip to the ISS...".
I hope it's a secret mission (Score:2)
to test the emergency egress mechanism in case the rocket explodes on live human subjects. It would make sense: reality TV stars are nominally human, yet if the ejection seat fails, it's no great loss. And the ensuing drama would make millions for the producer.
Survivor (Score:3)
Being voted off the island is bad enough, but being voted off the planet?
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The way things have been going recently, I'd say it's more Futurama [youtube.com] than Survivor.
Really? (Score:2)
"headed by a former News Corp executive.."
Ok, pass then.
Would show say how likely you were to qualify? (Score:2)
Given that (my guess) less than 20% of the population would meet the physical and train-ability requirements to be allowed on to travel and stay on ISS, is the show going to level with people and say you probably won't qualify even if you win?
Hope it's not a hoax like Space Cadets was (Score:2)
Described as the most elaborate hoax in television history, Space cadets was a Channel 4 show where members of the public were tricked into believing they would become astronauts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]