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Fabulous Prize: A Trip To The Intl. Space Station
dmatos writes: "Yet another game show (YAGS?) is going to send people off into space for winning. This time, however, it will be to the international space station, not the crummy old fungus infected mir. Now all you need to get into space is a good knowlege of trivia, and fluency in German. How long will it be before this plan is canceled as well?"
Ok, lets think about the feasability of this...
s -7 6/factshts/asseltrn.html
"``The person is not just a passenger, but has to participate,'' Grabosch said. "
yeah right.
see
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/st
"Pilot astronaut applicants must also meet the following requirements prior to submitting an application:
(1) At least 1,000 hours pilot-in-command time in jet aircraft; flight test experience is highly desirable.
(2) Ability to pass a NASA Class I space physical, which is similar to a military or civilian Class I flight physical, and includes the following specific standards for vision: distance visual acuity - 20/50 or better uncorrected, correctable to 20/20, each eye.
(3) Height between 64 and 76 inches.
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Applicants who meet the basic qualifications are evaluated by discipline panels during a week-long process of personal interviews, thorough medical evaluations, and orientation. The panel's recommendations are based on the applicant's education, training, and experience as well as unique qualifications and skills.
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Final selection is based on satisfactory completion of the 1-year program. "
how likely do you think it is that there are a lot of game show contestants who are going to qualify for space travel?
until a few years from now, when we have luxury class space flights, I dont see this happening. All the article says is that some dumb tv company is planning it and putting money towards it. Not that it's going to happen any time soon.
notice:
"the flights, which are to take place between 2002 and 2008."
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I look forward to the once-a-week finale when someone gets shoved out the airlock.
Hmmm. Can't decide who to vote for this time. Oh wait, 'hatch' is kinda synonymous with air lock...I've got an idea.
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Some people have a way with words, and some people, um, thingy.
That just eliminates 99% of all canadians =)
PS: I'm canadian... But I do weigh 195...
Can Al Gore speak German?
What about Dubya?
Can we make exceptions?
> ``We will include appropriate sponsors, merchandising, books, and computer games,'' Grabosch said. ``We need all these revenues in order to finance this project.''
Sure they glossed over asking NASA or the ISS about this. But say you've been on the ISS a couple months, hear a knock on the airlock, and see some bloke with a keg of St. Pauli Girl, fresh T-shirts, and the newly released Playstation IV. You gonna turn 'em away?
This is rapidly becomming an old and almost outdated notion! Danish TV has been running a gameshow this year, with an initial lineup of 5000 (!) people, the crowd has been whittled down to 10. Come january those 10 will be shipped of to Cape Canaveral to undergo final testing, training, and weeding out to find that one person who will be... the first dane in space! Ho hum, I think the space shuttle is primitive - I want something with antigravity :)
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If Google really cared they would fix Android Chrome to reflow text, instead of discriminating
Is that a description of the winner of the contest or Timothy?
-atrowe: Card-carrying Mensa member. I have no toleranse for stupidity.
From the people who brought you Survivor, and Survivor: Austrilian Outback, it's... Survivor: In Outerspace. Richard Hatch may have been able to eat bugs and endure the harsh environment of a deserted island, but can he handle a space shuttle toilet?
Each day, one outcast will be voted off the space shuttle and shot into space. Who will be the sole survivor?
Too bad.
Speaking of the ISS, if you want to know where it is, go here. That page shows the location of the ISS. If you go to JTrack3D, you can see the location of quite a few satellites, as well as the ISS and Mir.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
Anything that gets people into space and more people caring about getting to space is a good thing.
People tend to forget everyone used to say is it a good thing for everyone to have a car, to fly, to have a tv even? Well it might not be... but its great for everyone to have the choice. I'm all for commercialization of space. Hell if people saw what typical advertising budgets were for some of the fortune 500 and how little it costs to get into space compared I think they would be for it too. Does it really matter to you if this shuttle mission is sponsored by Coke? If they want to spend advertising dollars on something a bit more worthwhile than a 30 second spot during the SuperBowl; let them!
I don't care if its a Nike shuttle using Pepsi fuel on Sears Mission #17; if it can get me into space. Yay!
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