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Reality TV "Astronauts" Lift Off

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the where-do-you-find-people-this-stupid dept.

RJG writes "In the latest reality show on British TV, three British "space tourists" last night succesfully blasted off on a five day mission and are currently orbiting the earth 200 miles up. Or so they think. And to forestall the first question. They aren't experiencing weightlessness due to a combination of being in a low orbit (rather than outer space where the weightlessness is) and a few under-floor gravity generators."

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  1. No, we haven't... by vishbar · · Score: 5, Informative

    We're still holding on strong. The whole thing, including the cadets, is a huge hoax on us, the viewers. Though the brits fell for this one too, so we'll call it even.

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    1. Re:No, we haven't... by bani · · Score: 5, Informative

      The hoax is that the british public believes that the participants are unaware of the hoax.

      as pointed out, the participants are really actors, and the hoax is on you.

  2. Re:America has officially lost its monopoly on stu by carbon116 · · Score: 5, Informative
    You'd be surprised.

    I read an article about this show before it aired. They did intensive physiological tests on the contestants to ensure they chose people who were susceptible to suggestion. These people actually turned out to be of *higher* than average intelligence.

    Intelligence is not necessarily knowledge of how a spacecraft might behave. They're probably not geeks like us, so they probably have no idea of the state of space technology.

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