N-Stync in space?

[NuTs62]

MOSCOW (Reuters) -- Teen heart-throb Lance Bass of the U.S. boy-band 'N Sync was in Moscow to undergo a battery of medical tests, hoping to fulfill his dream of becoming the first entertainer in space.

Bass was whisked straight from the airport Friday to a medical institute outside Moscow to begin the health examinations, which were expected to last all weekend.

When he arrived at his hotel and hauled his suitcase out of a blue van, the jet-lag wasn't enough to dampen the 22-year-old's excitement. What was he here for?

"I'm doing some testing," he said with a grin, then adding bashfully, as if he wasn't quite sure it was OK to let the news out, "for the Russian space agency."

Bass said "it's been my life-long dream" to fly to space. "I've always wanted to do it and I want to see if I can do it."

It was Bass's first time in Russia, which was "very cool. It's everything I imagined it to be."

Bass hopes to visit the international space station, following in the footsteps of space tourist Dennis Tito, who paid a reported $20 million for a ticket there on a Russian rocket last year.

Moscow plans to send a South African Internet millionaire up to the station as the second space tourist next month, but Bass would be the first pop star to turn amateur astronaut.

Russian space officials said Bass has yet to book his seat.

"We have received no information from him," Russian space agency Rosaviakosmos spokesman Sergei Gorbunov said. "Of course, there is a possibility. There is always a possibility. But he has taken no official steps to arrange the trip."

Bass said he was getting the tests done first.

"That's what I'm here for, just to test to see if my body can handle space. If I get the ok, I guess I'll go up in November."

Friday's tests were "the normal physical, you know. Checking the heart out, the eyes, the ears. I'm all wired up."

So what do Chris, Joey, Justin and J.C. -- the other members of the quintet -- think of his plans?

"Ha ha. They love it. They're all saying they'd never do anything like that. But I guess there's something in me. I just want to do it so bad."


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[raimin]

They should send all of them up there, and leave them there

[MJordanash]

Originally posted by raimin
They should send all of them up there, and leave them there

Much agreed. Somehow I think they would find a way back to Earth just to torture us.

[nickel]

Originally posted by raimin
They should send all of them up there, and leave them there

So very true.

[trinitron]

maybe it will blow up at launch, kill him, and a few russians at the same time....win-win situation

[Speedfreak]

Originally posted by trinitron
maybe it will blow up at launch, kill him, and a few russians at the same time....win-win situation

Damn, boy. You better hope Burzhui doesn't see this.

[trinitron]

lol dude, you took that the wrong way

[trinitron]

i was talking about the panzies that sell out russian space technology, by letting some rich bastard go up into space. i saw a news thing about how there are making a special shuttles that can hold passangers who pay the "right" price. damn the rich and their endless opportunities. most people have to work to go into space...years of training....damn rich get to do it cuz of money

[MJordanash]

Maybe when I have a couple million dollars to blow on stuff I'll ask to go up in space too.

[NuTs62]

Originally posted by MJordanash
Maybe when I have a couple million dollars to blow on stuff I'll ask to go up in space too.

why dont you apply for a job on the ship? i'm sure they'd love having freshly peeled potatoes

[MJordanash]

Originally posted by NuTs62


why dont you apply for a job on the ship? i'm sure they'd love having freshly peeled potatoes

Everyone loves taters, course they'd need me on that ship. Space here I come

[RUNNINGFROMTHELAW]

Why? 'NSYNC does not deserve to be in space and I think its a lame idea. Did any one see the lame movie with Fat Joey and Lance? Why?