some have made that trip for other reasons. we ve had space tourists and very soon there will be space movie makers. the bbc s tim allman explains. ever since the dawn of the silver screen, we have looked up towards the heavens. films and television programmes set in space. but for fairly obvious reasons, never actually made there. until now, that is. here at the gagarin research and test training cosmonauts centre in star city, a crew appearance before the media. these are not any old cosmonauts, these are movie stars, with the emphasis being very much on the stars. next month, they will set off to the international space station for a film set and made in space sounds like a daunting task but apparently not.
sometimes described as the final frontier it s mostly been a voyage of scientific discovery. but in recent months some have made that trip for other reasons. we ve had space tourists and very soon there will be space movie makers. tim allman explains. ever since the dawn of the silver screen, we have looked up towards the heavens. films and television programmes set in space. but for fairly obvious reasons, never actually made there. until now, that is. here at the gagarin research and test cosmonaut training centre in star city, a very special crew appear before the media. these are not any old cosmonauts, these are movie stars, with the emphasis being very much on the stars. next month, they will set off
but the proceedings themselves were extremely slow. people often ask is there an end in sight? and for a long, long time there wasn t even a middle in sight. but now, we are in the middle of the case, because wrestling with the question of what effect torture has on the admissibility of statements is really the heart of the case. but that s where things are stuck. all the while the family members of those killed in 9/11 wait for resolution, and the detention centre here looks no closer to shutting down. for more than 60 years mankind has been journeying into space. sometimes described as the final frontier, it s mostly been a voyage of scientific discovery. but in recent months, some have made that trip for other reasons. we ve had space tourists, and very soon there will be space movie makers. the bbc s tim allman explains. ever since the dawn of the silver screen, we have looked up
space movie makers. the bbc s tim allman explains. ever since the dawn of the silver screen, we have looked up towards the heavens. films and television programmes set in space. but for fairly obvious reasons, never actually made there. until now, that is. here at the gagarin research and test training cosmonauts centre in star city, a crew appearance before the media. these are not any old cosmonauts, these are movie stars, with the emphasis being very much on the stars. next month, they will set off to the international space station for a film set and made in space sounds a daunting task but apparently not. the guys are ready 150%, i m not worried about them at all.