Lance Bass of top pop combo N Sync has passed his physical and is vying it out
with three other wannabes to be the next Russian trained SPACE TOURIST. the
singer is set to take his crazy spellins to other space races.
If you could pack anyone onto a spaceship and then lose track of them on your
satellite navigatory equipment who would it be?
― nickie, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
No, cos it weren't a "reading". Anyway, N, I've changed my mind
about Dermot. I saw a BB Little Brother and he was fine. I based
the smug thing purely on the Recovered trailer. which is awful.
― Alan T, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
That gag was on Metro's letters page Alan. This board has reached
rock bottom.
Everyone in this office is now on the list. So are some members of my
family, all bus drivers & conductors, most of the BB3 house and give
me another 10 minutes and I'll have some more.
― Emma, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
is that last pic, lance on his space holiday, staring contentendly into a
martian sea?
i never knew his name was lance before. it is very exciting.
― nickie, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Is Lance Bass' dream of becoming an astronaut falling into a black
hole?
For months the 'N Sync singer has been proclaiming how
badly he wants to land the last seat on the October "taxi mission" to
the International Space Station.
But yesterday a Russian space
agency official said the pop star is a galaxy away from joining the
three-person Soyuz shuttle.
"We have received no requests from
either him or his representatives, not to speak about signing any
contracts," Russian Aerospace Agency spokesman Konstantin Kreidenko
declared.
Bass' camp blasted the Russki position.
"That
is inaccurate," David Krieff, whose Destiny Productions hopes to turn
a Bass launch into a TV special, told us. "It is true that we have
not finalized an agreement. But we are in negotiations and making
progress."
Apparently, the diplomacy is tougher going than
that little nuclear pact President Bush and Russian President
Vladimir Putin worked out. And you have to wonder if it's money
that's anchoring Bass to earth. The Russians are reported to have
charged past space tourists $20 million for a Soyuz
seat.
Krieff wouldn't say how much the Russians were asking,
only that "we have moved money into an escrow account." He also
wouldn't say whether a TV deal was in place, but maintained, "We hope
to have some good things to talk about at the press conference on
Friday in Moscow."
Krieff confirmed that the 23-year-old Bass
had passed his medical tests at Moscow's Institute of Biomedical
Problems, clearing the way for training.
But again, the
Russians weren't encouraging.
"Anyone has a right to undergo
tests in the Institute of Biomedical Problems," said Kreidenko. "That
doesn't mean that such person is considered to be a candidate for
space flight."
Bass is due to appear before a state medical
commission tomorrow to determine if he is physically fit to fly. He
is competing for a spot against former NASA employee Lori Garver, who
also passed her tests.
A Russian flight commander and a
Belgian flight engineer are already booked on the mission. Space
Agency spokesman Sergei Gorbunov said he doubted a space tourist
would be given a place on the October flight, suggesting it might
instead happen in 2003.
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)