There's a Space Travel Reality Series Being Developed That Will Send a Civilian To ISS
With SpaceX having a successful mission to space with its Dragon rocket and crew, plans are already being developed to send a civilian into space for a reality TV series!
Space Hero Inc., a U.S.-based production company founded by Thomas Reemer and Deborah Sass and led by former News Corp Europe chief Marty Pompadur, has already secured a seat on a 2023 mission to the International Space Station.
That seat will be given to a contestant chosen through an unscripted show titled Space Hero. The series “will launch a global search for everyday people from any background who share a deep love for space exploration. They will be vying for the biggest prize ever awarded on TV.”
They will embark on a global search for “everyday people from any background who share a deep love for space exploration.” I want in! Ever since I was a kid I always wanted to go to space, and it’s so cool that someone is actually going to have this opportunity. I would love to have the chance to get in on this space traveling action!
It’s explained that the selected group of contestants “will undergo extensive training and face challenges testing their physical, mental and emotional strength, qualities that are essential for an astronaut in space. I hear the idea is for the culmination of the competition to be in a an episode broadcast live around the world where viewers from different countries can vote for the contestant they want to see going to space. The show will then chronicle the winner’s takeoff; their stay at the ISS for 10 days alongside professional astronauts traveling at 17,000 mph, orbiting the Earth 16 times a day; and end with their return to Earth. The Space Hero company is currently in discussions with NASA for a potential partnership on STEM initiatives onboard the ISS.”
The winner of Space Hero will embark on a journey to ISS on the SpaceX Dragon rocket. Space Hero is being billed as the first space media company, and they are working with Axiom Space, “manufacturer of the world’s first privately funded commercial space station — a module for the ISS where the private astronauts can stay — and full-service human spaceflight mission provider.”
Producers Ben Silverman and Howard Owens said in a statement:
“We’re so excited to go on this extraordinary journey with this ambitious global team. There’s never been a more important time to look beyond ourselves and reach for the skies above. This could be not only the biggest but the most important show in the history of the television and we are thrilled to be involved.”
Pompadur added:
“Space Hero is the new frontier for the entertainment sector, offering the first-ever truly off-planet experience. We aim to reinvent the reality TV category by creating a multi-channel experience that offers the biggest prize ever, to the biggest audience possible. Space Hero is about opening space up to everyone – not only to astronauts and billionaires.”
The series will be shopping around for its distribution options soon. Would you want to join in on this and try to get a seat on a rocket to ISS!?
Source: Deadline