Lance Bass Chats About Space
*NSYNC star Lance Bass was on Next@CNN with Linda Stouffer to talk about World Space Week. Read on for a transcript.
STOUFFER: Well, you might not realize, but it was 46 years ago
today that the Russians shocked the world launching the first artificial
satellite Sputnik into orbit, it sparked the intense race in science and
technology between the U.S. and Russia for decades, and today, the anniversary
kicks off World Space Week. It’s designed to inspire people enter the fields
of science and technology. And, joining me, right now, from Los Angeles,
is Lance Bass, who is the youth spokesperson for space week.
Lance, so good to see you. Thanks for being here.
LANCE BASS, SPACE WEEK SPOKESMAN: Thanks for having me.
STOUFFER: All right, you’re a big pop star, girls love you, guys want
to be you, why are you doing this?
BASS: Well, I mean, my passion is space. You know, I love music and
performing also, but another passion is space, as everyone know, and I
just want to share that enthusiasm with the youngsters out there and get
them excited about math and science and future exploration.
STOUFFER: Tell us about space week and why it’s so important?
BASS: It’s very important, I mean, it’s October 4 through 10 every year,
and it’s global, and it’s great just to have the world, you know, enjoy
and also look back on space exploration and what it’s done for the world,
how it’s made the world just a better place.
STOUFFER: So, you want to tell kids to aim high, to think about the
big picture, but in the meantime they still have to do the homework, that
math and science homework, study.
BASS: Exactly, I mean, I can beat it with a stick. But, I mean, stay
with math and science, I mean, it’s such a key thing and it’s also a fun
thing. I mean, what I’ve done, what I’ve seen with what I’ve done with
the space exploration and training in Russia, and all that, is so much
fun, and there’s so much out there that we can — that we can find and
there’s so much exploration that we haven’t even thought of yet.
STOUFFER: Yeah, and I was just going to ask you about that, for people
who don’t remember, you did train for a mission to the International Space
Station, but that fell through because of funding. And a part of this week
is Lance’s Lab, a creation activity, tell us about that.
BASS: Yeah, it’s a fun thing for — it’s ages kindergarten through seniors
of high school and there’s different levels of the competition. Well, what
they’ve done is they’re trying to create Lance’s Lab, where it’s a huge
global thing, 50 countries are involved with this, and it’s a competition
where you build what you think would be enjoyable in space. If you were
to live in space for about three months, what would you want up there?
Would you want to record songs, what would you want to study, explore with,
discover? New cures are disease, that type of stuff, so, it’s going to
be a huge competition.
STOUFFER: One of the huge headlines of space, this year, of course,
is that Columbia accident. I’m just wondering you’re personal thoughts
when you heard about that, and how did it affect your thoughts on space
travel?
BASS: Well, you know accidents do happen and when I did get call, it
was early in the morning, they woke me up, and it was very sad. And –
the thing — it definitely hasn’t affected my opinion on traveling to space.
I definitely want to, I still am going to go one day, and — you know,
we have to continue, I mean, there’s no doubt about it. I mean, there’s
car accidents every day, there’s — you know, plane crashes, that type
of stuff, but — you know, we keep on going, and we have to get through
that and keep exploring.
STOUFFER: Lance, when you talk to kids, when you go to classrooms, what
do they say to you? What do they ask you about this?
BASS: They’re very excited. I mean, it’s nice to see that young kids
– because I remember — you know, growing up I was always interested in
going to see launches, that type of stuff, and it’s kind of fizzled out
– you know, throughout the last years, and I want to bring that excitement
back and when I do talk to kids, I mean, they’re just so excited to hear
about what it’s like to live in space, what you do, the things that we’ve
– you know, learned and invented in space — you know, that they had no
clue about. You know, we wouldn’t be talking on cell phones, right now,
if it wasn’t for space exploration.
STOUFFER: Well, I hope you get to outer space, yourself, and I hope
you come back to us and talk about it.
BASS: Oh, definitely. I definitely will.
STOUFFER: Good luck with the activities, this week.Thanks a lot.
BASS: Thank you.
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