More than 60 years after the Soviet Union beat the U.S. into orbit with the launch of its Sputnik satellite, a new space race is heating up between the two rivals. And once again, the Russians are …
Roscosmos then announced its own plans to shoot an out-of-this-world feature, hoping to achieve liftoff before its Hollywood counterpart., CEO of the movie’s commissioner Channel One, played down the notion of a new space race heating up the cosmos, noting that “cinema isn’t sports.”
“We certainly would have preferred arriving at the International Space Station at the same time with Tom Cruise. We would have enjoyed shooting the film together much better,” Ernst toldThe Russian super-producer drew a comparison to the first manned international space mission, which was conducted jointly by the U.S. and the Soviet Union in 1975, adding: “Since we have got a chance to travel there earlier, we will certainly use it.
Channel One will broadcast the launch on Oct. 5 and offer livestreams in multiple languages across its web platforms. Ernst described it as “a breathtaking reality show and a chance to attract millions of TV viewers. “At the age of 12, I was a member of the young cosmonaut club hoping to fly into space,” he added. “For me personally, this is a childhood dream coming true.”
It remains unclear when Cruise’s untitled feature will take off, but the duelling missions come amid a growing wave of amateur space exploration. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos blasted off earlier this year in a rocket built by his company Blue Origin, and on Wednesday, Musk’s SpaceX sent four Americans into orbit in what was the first space flight without a professional astronaut onboard.
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