Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic and Mark Burnett’s One Three Media are working with NBC on a groundbreaking unscripted series, Space Race. The adventure series will award the winner one of the most unusual and unique prizes in television history: a trip into space.
 
Space Race competitors will vie for a ride on Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, with their trip captured on video.
 
“The scope of this endeavor is so staggering, that it took these two titans to even imagine it,” stated Paul Telegdy, President of Alternative and Late Night Programming, NBC Entertainment. “The term ‘trip of a lifetime’ has for once been delivered on! This will be a remarkable experience for anyone who has looked at the night’s sky and dared to dream of Space Flight.”
 
“Virgin Galactic’s mission is to democratize space, eventually making commercial space travel affordable and accessible to all,” said Branson. “Space Race allows us to extend this opportunity of a lifetime to as many people as possible right at the start of our commercial service – through direct experience and television viewing. All of us at Virgin Galactic and our partner aabar Investments are delighted to be collaborating with NBC and Mark, who is a true pioneer and creative force in television programming.”
 
“For the past ten years I have relentlessly pursued my dream of using a TV show to give an everyday person the chance to experience the black sky of space and look down upon mother Earth,” added executive producer Mark Burnett. “Last year I spent time in New Mexico at the state of the art facility and last week spent time in the Mojave desert with Sir Richard and his impressive team. We got to see the spaceship up close and hear of Sir Richard’s incredible vision of how Virgin Galactic is the future of private space travel. I am thrilled to be part of a series that will give the everyday person a chance to see space and that NBC has come on board too so that viewers at home will have a first class seat.”
 
Source: NBC
 

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