A gaggle of celebrities will quickly have to depart the comfortable confines of Earth and get transported to a different world, competing in opposition to each other in a simulated Martian setting for a brand new actuality TV sequence.
The present, Stars on Mars, is within the works by Fremantle-owned Eureka Productions and is about to premiere in June on Fox, in keeping with Selection. Star Trek’s William Shatner might be on the helm of the brand new sequence, appearing as mission management for the present’s contestants as they navigate their manner by a Mars habitat.
The superstar contestants might be pressured to stay in a Martian colony that simulates what life could be like for people on the Purple Planet. A distant dream, maybe, however one which has dominated the dialog round humanity’s spacefaring future and turn into an obsession for the likes of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
We could not get to Mars anytime quickly, however at the very least for now we are able to ship a gaggle of our most incompetent representatives to a Mars-like setting. The celebrities, whose identities haven’t been revealed but, will compete in a sequence of challenges and should make alliances with one another in an effort to turn into the final individual standing on faux Martian floor, in keeping with the Hollywood Reporter. The fact present appears like Survivor, however Survivor on Mars.
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It’s a good thing Shatner will be taking the lead in guiding the Stars on Mars contestants, as the actor has had some experience with spaceflight. In October 2021, Shatner flew to space aboard a capsule from Jeff Bezos’ private space company Blue Origin. But Shatner hasn’t been the same since he got back, revealing in his memoir, titled Boldly Go, that his fast 10-minute journey stuffed him with nice disappointment. “I noticed a chilly, darkish, black vacancy. It was not like any blackness you’ll be able to see or really feel on Earth. It was deep, enveloping, all-encompassing,” Shatner wrote in his memoir.
Err, hopefully the actor gained’t cross on his existential ideas to the superstar contestants within the simulated Mars colony, in any other case that is going to grow to be a totally completely different present than Fox is anticipating.
NASA has its personal Mars mock-up on the NASA Johnson Area Middle in Houston. Referred to as Mars Dune Alpha, the simulation is designed to host volunteers who will stay within the simulated Martian habitat for a yr as a part of the area company’s analysis into the potential for people dwelling on Mars.
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