The series was a hoax at the expense of its contestants, who were told they were being trained as cosmonauts at a Russian military base before undergoing a five-day trip into low Earth orbit. In reality, the entire series was filmed in Dore, and the contestants did not leave Earth.
The Cadets were told that they would be in “near space” (as opposed to “outer space”), causing only a 30% loss of gravity, which was compensated by “gravity generators” built into the ship; this highly improbable explanation was believed.
Mind boggling.
It was a weird show. All the contestants were nice people who reacted well to their situation, and you could see the presenters and guests getting more and more uncomfortable as the week went on - being less and less sure that it actually was funny rather than mean.
The finale was a little anticlimactic as the contestants seemed to have pretty much worked it out. I wonder if they had a little help in that department.
Participants: Sarah-Jane Cass, 19, a media studies student from Kent.
I hope she milked the fuck out of that for any papers she needed to write during university, lol. Imagine being able to legitimately cite yourself on a paper.
