Space Cadets

[natalie_1982]

I missed the first one so not really sure what is going on or who is who.

How on earth will they get away with tricking all those people? Personally I think the 'farce' may be that they are tricking the public into beliving that the people on tv are unsuspecting, when they are in fact actors.

Also is it supposedly filmed live. I mean are the people sat in Ipswich now??

And lastly why did these people (assuming they're not actors) think they were chosen for this experience?

Thanks all X

[boobesque]

They have tricked them by saying that the craft will be leaving the earth in a similar notion to a plane, and also that they will be going to inner space so they will not experience zero gravity

It wasnt live up until last night, as they were showing the bits from the past 3 weeks, so yes they are in ipswich

The people all answered an advert simply asking for 'thrillseekers' there was no mention of what this entailed, they found out when the 12 were picked and were about to be flown to 'russia'. from watching the programme they chose people who were not at all cluedup about space, i think we will just have to wait and see just who is being duped!

[natalie_1982]

Thanks boob :-)

[bernardo]

They carefully selected the most gullible and stupid people, and weeded out anybody who knows anything about physics or astronomy (this was necessary in order to be able to fool them into thinking that they will still feel gravity). They all nominated someone from their family or friends to make an important decision on their behalf, and those friends all agreed to the plan to hoax them. They started off with 9 volunteers and 3 actors (who are in on the hoax). One of the 3 actors had to go home because he was ill. They have now chosen 3 volunteers and 1 actor to be the astronauts.