Who Wants to Be a Space Tourist? New Contest/Reality TV show to launch in Russia

Russia’s state-run TV network ORT is launching a televised contest in which the winner blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) in October, 2003, according to a joint announcement yesterday with the Russian space agency Rosaviakosmos. No word yet on whether or not rejected space-travel-contender Lance Bass will be eligible to audition. Link Discuss