From: Michael S. Lorrey (retroman@turbont.net)
Date: Sat Aug 12 2000 - 14:23:36 MDT
Who would have guessed that the pioneer in private space tourism would
be the Russians...
http://dailynews.netscape.com/mynsnews/story.tmpl?table=n&cat=50800&id=200008111538000167939
Survivor' Spin-Off May Involve Mir
MOSCOW (AP) - ``Survivor'' lovers, brace yourselves. The reality-TV game
show rage may climax with the winning contestant in a spin-off series
blasting off for a stay aboard Russia's Mir space station.
Mark Burnett, producer of the wildly successful ``Survivor''
television series, has signed an agreement with the MirCorp investment
group to develop a project at Russia's cosmonaut training facility
outside Moscow, Burnett's manager said Friday. The show, tentatively
named ``Destination Mir,'' would track contestants as they endure
rigorous training in preparation for a trip to the 14-year-old station.
Russian training specialists would eliminate contestants who aren't up
to the task, and the last one left would win a rocket ride to Mir.
-- TANSTAAFL Mike Lorrey "In the end more than they wanted freedom, they wanted security. When the Athenians finally wanted not to give to society but for society to give to them, when the freedom they wished for was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free." --- Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) "A person who wants a society that is both safe and free, wants what never has been, and what never will be." --- Thomas Jefferson "It's a Republic, if you can keep it..." --- Benjamin Franklin
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