The latest reality show to hit British tv is Space Cadets. A group of contestants are to be conned into thinking they are going on a space mission.
Most people interested in space know that Russia is the home of space tourism. So, even though these people are being hand-picked for their own special brand of stupidity, there clearly needs to be an element (a very small element!) of reality in the show.
We think the show has to be done from Russia, because that was where genuine space tourists blast off from, but the first budget we do shows that this works out a lot more expensive than actually sending people into space. But then we have an idea. If we’re fooling the contestants that they’re going to space, wouldn’t it be possible to fool them into thinking they were in Russia? They could get in a plane, fly around for a few hours and then land back where they took off and be told it was a space centre. And as well as being cheaper, might that actually be funnier? And more impossible?
[...]The base’s barracks is converted into a Soviet-style training facility; Russian plugs, light switches and manhole covers are installed. There’s a picture of Putin in the office, and a Russian Monopoly board so our cadets have something to do on those long cold nights.
To be honest, sometimes I wish I was one of the stupid people – stupid people get to do the coolest things.
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