Lady Gaga to Sing in Space in 2015

[The Fame 4,152]

So you've watched #Gravity too? #KnockOnWoodForLuck

 

Never heard of Gravity (I'm assuming that's a TV show?) I don't watch much TV, I'm just aware of the intensity of space. ;_;

[Bt1 5,213]

At the moment I cant say that I really care about this.

[Snowyrain 38]

[lndigo 1]

inb4 Gaga kills the crew and tries to travel to Venus and dies.

Crying

[nomorescheisse 0]

Oh my god, why am I surprised? This is awesome.

[CyanLights 15,541]

this worries me though so many things can go wrong

[Nathan James 7]

This will be really exciting though. Not just as a Monster but for us who are huge science geeks. Virgin is really pioneering something here. We'll be very used to this within 50/100 years, but right now it's brand new and it's so inspiring and quite moving if I'm honest that we live in such a time where we get to see this first hand.  :popcorn: If we are still here as a race in hundreds and thoasands of years time, history will remember us as the early pioneers of space travel and no one will ever forget things like this. It's ridiculous how so many people are dismissive of it's importance for our future. 

 

If this is even true, that is. I'm still to see a reputable source.   

Edited November 6, 2013 by Nathan James

[Lisam 0]

NO what if it crashes!!

[ChicaSkas 22,404]

She won't be the first artist.... I'm pretty certain Sarah Brightman had plans to sing in space, circa early 2013... lemme go Google that.

Edit: yup. Announced in 10-2012:

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/sarah-brightman-will-sing-space-1C6384471

Sarah Brightman will sing in space

Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News

Oct. 10, 2012 at 11:24 AM ET

 

Soprano superstar Sarah Brightman has confirmed that she's planning a flight to the International Space Station and hopes to sing a song in orbit  but not until after she finishes up the worldwide concert tour that she's just about to start.

We've basically known about Brightman's spaceflight gig since August, but today's news conference in Moscow gave the British singer a chance to talk about the multimillion-dollar orbital tour. She told reporters that she's had an "incredible desire" to go into outer space since childhood. In fact, seeing the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969 "actually inspired me and gave me the courage to go into the career that I have," the 52-year-old said.

Brightman started out as a disco singer in the late '70s with spacey tunes such as "I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper" and "Love in a UFO," but she really made her mark in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals "Cats" and "Phantom of the Opera." She was even married to the impresario for a time. Since then, she's had a successful solo career, specializing in the classical crossover genre.

Today's briefing put heavy emphasis on the "Dreamchaser" album and concert tour that's scheduled to hit early next year, as well as Brightman's role as a UNESCO Artist for Peace ambassador.

"I don't think of myself as a dreamer  rather, I am a dream chaser," Brightman said. "I hope that I can encourage others to take inspiration from my journey both to chase down their own dreams and to help fulfill the important UNESCO mandate to promote peace and sustainable development on Earth and from space. I am determined that this journey can reach out to be a force for good, a catalyst for some of the dreams and aims of others that resonate with me."

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Singer Sarah Brightman gives a thumbs-up sign during one of her medical tests in Russia, conducted in preparation for spaceflight.

She emphasized that although she's received medical approval from the Russians for a flight aboard a Soyuz craft to the space station, she won't be able to follow through with the six-month spaceflight training course at Russia's Star City facility until after the 2013 concert tour is over.

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Singer Sarah Brightman is about to embark on a "Dreamchaser" concert tour.

She's got plenty of time: Brightman probably won't be able to catch a ride to the station until 2015, when the space station's partners are planning to have astronauts begin a yearlong stay in orbit. Because of the logistics for that extended mission, there'll be an extra seat on an outbound and inbound Soyuz that a paying passenger can fill.

Like the eight other private space tours that have gone to the station over the past 11 years, Brightman's 10-day space odyssey is being arranged through Virginia-based Space Adventures. (One space traveler, software billionaire Charles Simonyi, has gone twice  which would make Brightman the eighth paying guest to visit the space station. She's the second woman to do so, after Iranian-American entrepreneur Anousheh Ansari.)

Space Adventures' chairman, Eric Anderson, said the financial arrangements for the tour were confidential. However, the going rate for trips to the space station has risen to roughly $50 million. Considering that Brightman's net worth has been estimated at less than that, it's possible that at least part of the fare is being paid by her promoters.

Brightman also has purchased a seat on Virgin Galactic's suborbital SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, at a cost of $200,000, and she's supporting a science-themed Galactic Unite Brightman scholarship program as well. SpaceShipTwo is expected to begin commercial service in the 2013-2014 time frame.

In the months ahead, Brightman said she would work with UNESCO to develop a program to promote the conservation of Earth's resources, as well as education for girls in science and engineering. She said she expected there would be a "chain of events" tying in to the program, including concerts, multimedia experiences and a "song from space."

Space Adventures said she would continue her U.N. work after the space mission, through a series of "Space to Place"concerts at UNESCO World Heritage Sites, biosphere reserves and parks.

UNESCO's director of public information, Neil Ford, was on hand in Moscow to provide backup for the singer. "How amazing that you're about to realize your own dream and fly into space," he told Brightman. Ford said one of UNESCO's goals for the project was to put "science to use for human ingenuity."

Anderson said Brightman was an attractive candidate for a space station trip in part because of her high profile as the world's best-selling soprano. "I can think of no better ambassador for the idea of human spaceflight," he said.

Based on Brightman's comments during the question-and-answer session, it could be an entertaining ride. One journalist, for example, asked whether she was concerned about encountering aliens during the trip. "I'd love to be kidnapped by an alien," Brightman quipped. And when a reference was made to "The Fifth Element," a movie in which the French actress Maiwenn played an alien diva, Brightman answered, "I probably am similar to the diva  without all the tentacles she had."

[MelbHawker 6,583]

Is this really true?

If it is.. oh God. 

 

The Australian news sites have published articles as well. Seems legit.

[RAMROD 105,953]

Never heard of Gravity (I'm assuming that's a TV show?) I don't watch much TV, I'm just aware of the intensity of space. ;_;

It was close, a film starring Clooney and Sandra Bullock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiTiKOy59o4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Yes, especially afte. watching that film.

Feeling squeamish tbh!!

[Nathan James 7]

I thought Will.I.Am was going to do this before?

What happened to that?

 

 

Sort of. They beamed Reach for the Stars from the Curiosity Rover on Mars back to earth. Basically acted as a radio station, but everything you hear on the radio now and watch on the TV is being broadcasted out into space as signals and has been doing since the early 20th Century, on a major scale. So it wasn't really anything new, just an educational stunt to try inspire children to be interested in space science. I don't think it had the desired affect unfortunatly since hardly anyone knows about it. 

 

I'll stop being boring now. 

[DIVA 666]

1.  This is incredible!!!!!!!!!! She will always be remembered for this. Better be televised globally.

 

2.  I'm scared as f**k. What if something goes wrong?  Is this through NASA or that shady company thats building their own rocket? 

 

3.  I doubt she'll sing Venus.  Probably something new and space oriented.  Something epic that will be debuted then.  

[Skinny Legend 770]

She's gonna perform Donatella and make a runway on Venus. Aunt Donatella will be very pleased Gags!

[DanceInTheFlames 154]

inb4 she sings Supernova Girl