Danish
TV Show Prize Will Be Trip To Space
TV
executives in Denmark are developing a new game show that will
offer a future trip to space for the lucky winner. Jarowskij, a
Scandinavian TV production firm is teaming with Danish TV2 for the
show. The show, called "The Great Mission," is open to
Danish citizens ages 18 and older. Luck alone will not get someone
to the cosmos. Competitors also have to prove they have got the
"right stuff" physically and mentally.
Some
5,000 Danes are expected to compete over the course of 10 shows to
test their knowledge of space subjects and demonstrate their
physical prowess, teamwork and mental strength. Tickets for the
show will go on sale May 29 in Denmark for about US$10 each. The
price covers accommodations during the filming and the chance for
one of the contestants to win a sub-orbital trip aboard a
still-to-be-built spacecraft. Contestants will first travel
through a sort of maze in which they proceed down various
corridors by correctly answering space questions. A wrong answer
will eject them from the competition. This, as well as the rest of
the tests they will encounter, is designed to weed out the
participants from 500 to one in just one hour of show time.
 The
ten Danish finalists will travel to Florida's "space
coast" to face further challenges of astronaut training at
U.S. Space Camp and to visit historic NASA sites at Cape
Canaveral. There the competitors will try out different
space-related assignments, from solving physical problems in a
simulated zero-G environment to repairing equipment using space
tools. The single winner of this "space race" will then
be awarded a ticket to space as a backseat passenger in a
sub-orbital flight. The flight will occur in a private reusable
spacecraft that has yet to be developed. Space Adventures of
Alexandria, Va., is arranging the trip.
The
first 10 shows are to be aired on Danish TV this October through
December. The final round is scheduled to run from February to
April 2001. The ride itself could happen between 2003 and 2005.
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