Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket lifts with the NS-21 crew from Launch Site One in West Texas on Saturday, June 4, 2022.A former cryptocurrency company plans to launch a reality television series that will follow its efforts to send people from underrepresented nations to space aboard a Blue Origin suborbital vehicle.
The Blue Origin flight is"marking a significant milestone for nations who have historically lacked access to space and paving the way for innovation and advancement within these regions," SERA representatives wrote in a statement.SERA did not announce when Blue Origin would fly the flight, but it noted that the selectees for India, Nigeria and the small islands would be open for voting to the public in the future, with details to come.
There have been attempts already to use reality television as a way to spur interest in spaceflight. The now-defunct Mars One organization proposed using documentary profitsin an unsuccessful effort to bring humans on a one-way mission to the Red Planet. Other reality show efforts concerning spaceflights have included"