# This Just In: They're NOT Going To Leave Him Up There **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 28, 2002, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987 "2002-08-28T21:23:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/21 "2002-08-29T12:37:43Z")
He just looks like such a goofy dorkus. Shame, shame, **jarbaby**. I thought you had much better taste and sense. Shame! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/22 "2002-08-29T13:12:13Z")
What good is a multi-billion dollar, multi-national space program if you can’t use it to get rid of annoying boy band members? That’s it, cut NASA’s funding. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/23 "2002-08-29T14:08:28Z")
OK, I found the article. Mr. Bass is [not paying his own way](http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/08/26/bass.training.ap/index.html). Scroll to the bottom for the relevant text. ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/24 "2002-08-29T15:03:16Z")
Umm as JuanitaTech says, he DOESN’T have the money. He’s being funded probably as a promotional gimmick. I mean he’s only a moderatly popular boy band member, he’s not exactly anywhere near a super star. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/25 "2002-08-29T15:08:40Z")
CRorex, with all do respect, a quick google of \*N Sync sends back 763,000 hits. Their concerts sell out in under a day. Just because they’re not a super star in your book, doens’t mean they aren’t stars. Lance Bass is being sponsored by Radio Shack to go into space with the Russian space program and stay at the International Space Station. It’s not a ‘gimmick’, it’s a reality show that their filming to document his trip. J ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/26 "2002-08-29T15:17:20Z")
All together now for the last time… **HE IS NOT PAYING FOR IT HIMSELF! IT’S A MARKETING GIMMICK!** He better live it up now, because N’Stink will be the hanging out with Menudo and Vanilla Ice soon enough. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/27 "2002-08-29T15:20:46Z")
Who’s filming it, Radio Shack? 😕 The thing is, J … people are using the fact that they don’t like the band as an excuse for the real reason - he’s basically going up not because of his own merits and not because of his own cash, but because someone is sponsoring him. Hell, anyone could be sponsored - Radio Shack didn’t need him specifically. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/28 "2002-08-29T15:22:26Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s not a ‘gimmick’, it’s a reality show that their filming to document his trip. I’m sorry, **jar** , but I just don’t see what the difference is. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/29 "2002-08-29T15:31:44Z")
I don’t give a fuck what the difference is. I guess i took CRorex’s mention of “gimmick” as meaning it’s a joke…I don’t know…I’m all screwed up. This isn’t the point. The point is…he’s going into space, it’s a cool opportunity, and if someone footed the bill for you to go, wouldn’t you? So who the fuck cares? You know? And this wasn’t even supposed to be a rant about that…it’s just a rant about everyone using the same fucking joke about it. Haw haw haw…I hate boy bands…maybe we’ll get lucky and this 23 year old young man will die doing this because that would be funny to me. It’s just tiresome. J; ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/30 "2002-08-29T15:33:07Z")
My favorite N’Sync member is Chris. He’s totally aware that the teenage or prepubescent girl can be a harsh and fickle mistress, and has a real gift for the sarcasm and humor. Anyway, even though it’s fodder for yet another reality show, I’m excited for Lance. I saw footage of him going through training, and the kid is psyched. Sure, maybe it was an act for the cameras, but hey, he’s wanted to do this for a while. So basically, if it’s being helmed by corporate sponsorship, is Lance getting a _free_ ride into space? Even better. [size=1]The “leave him there” joke is old and unfunny, but I did like the series of jokes like “I hope he doesn’t N’cinerate on re-N’entry” that were floating around in a thread a time back. Those were at least clever.[/size=1] ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/31 "2002-08-29T15:39:19Z")
Thank you brondicon. That is the point of this thread. It was intended to be a serious debate of whether or not celebrities should go into space. It was intended as a scathing indictment of the sheer un-funniness of repeating the same fucking joke 1,000,000 times and thinking it’s funny every time. It’s like when people say: “You know Chicago…if you don’t like the weather, just wait a minute” And then wait for the laughtrack to set in. Lance Bass is going into space. Radio Shack and MTV are paying for it. Then he’ll come back. And I god damn guarantee all of you, that your personal life won’t be affected in the LEAST. So just shut the fuck up about it. Thank you 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/32 "2002-08-29T15:40:55Z")
Wrong forum, then. Y’see, debates go in this other forum they’ve obtusely labeled “Great Debates.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/33 "2002-08-29T15:46:13Z")
Somehow ‘serious debate’, ‘Lance Bass’ and ‘N’Sync’ just don’t compute. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/34 "2002-08-29T15:51:55Z")
Of course, had I paid attention, I would have corrected myself It is NOT intended to be a serious debate. Never mind…I’ll go back to talking about my uterus. J ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/35 "2002-08-29T16:21:46Z")
It _does_ piss me off. I mean, it’s SO unfair. If they’re going to be shooting pop stars into space and leaving them there, surely it’s a waste of resources to start with Lance Bass. How about starting with Eminem and Britney? - even better, in the same capsule. Now _that_ I’d pay money for. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/36 "2002-08-29T16:27:42Z")
Pardon me, could uterus where the nearest space shuttle is? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/37 "2002-08-29T16:53:36Z")
Look, I don’t see what people get riled up about. Sure, he’s using his popularity. Let me tell you one thing. If I could get any company (could be anything from _FeelFresh Intimate Spray_ to _KillARoid Ass Ointment_) to give me 20 million bucks to fly a rattling Russian Space Shuttle into space, I’d do it. Hell, I’d even do the product endorsements: _“I’ve never felt so fresh before. FeelFresh Intimate Spray has changed my love life! FeelFresh, for Nights of Orbital Passion!”_ [Insert fake smile, holding up product]. Now, slap those damn stickers on that beeyatch, and let’s go! The critics? The sour types that bitch about you misusing your popularity? Fuck 'em! You’re the one going into space. Period. Ooh, how cool. A trip to _space_. I don’t blame the kid one bit - that’s just way cool. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/38 "2002-08-29T17:02:18Z")
I could understand Zebco wanting Lance Bass as a spokesman but what the hell benefit does Radio Shack gain? Anybody that gives a shit about music isn’t going to plop any coin on their crappy line. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/39 "2002-08-29T18:26:59Z")
FeelFresh Intimate Spray is WAY inferior to Autumn’s Eve, Coldfire. You’re such a sell-out. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987/40 "2002-08-29T18:29:32Z")
Whoa! There’s an Autumn’s Eve, too? Is there one for every season? What about Indian Summer’s Eve? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-theyre-not-going-to-leave-him-up-there/125987.md?page=3)