And boldy go where...

staying here and going no where, the catch line of Space Cadets. I dont think any reality show comes even close to this one and the end results they are trying to achieve. 10 morons, few guys with fake Russian accents, few Star Trek jargons, a simulator and a huge projector and the end result: they become laughing stock of the world( or are they really??).
I hardly watch any TV at all, but have advertently been watching this show. The select 10, were taken to Russian training center ( actually Ipswich in UK) and trained by a Russian ex-KGB agent to endure the travel to space. Further more a famous astronomer teaches them the science of the skies, and that they wouldnt experience zero G as they had three artifical gravity generators aboard the space craft.( now isnt that nice, star trek ages definitely). The morons bought that.. an exam and their graduation. The solemn Russian graduation prayer apparently happened to be a a preparation of some weird kind of toad soup, that required the cadets to stand up with a salute.
Four of the 10 were chosen and they boarded the "space ship" the earth orbiter -1, and are currently in space.. erm a hangar with a huge projector which projects the curvature of the earth.
I have two takes on this, one it is that the thing is extermely hilarious, secondly I think it is ethically wrong. The cadets in space, were overwhelmed to see the "earth" from the orbit as they believe they are. Well come on, who wouldnt be. But I recon they deserve what they get for 15 mins of fame. Ignorant harlequins in the making. So does this make me shallow?
There is one more thing which has crossed my mind, are they all actors acting this out? Making this the Utlimate reality TV ever, with people being the real fools :). Let us see how this unfolds... :)

Current muzic : Rufus Wainwright - Across the Universe