The series was a hoax at the expense of its contestants, who were told they were being trained as cosmonauts at a Russian military base before undergoing a five-day trip into low Earth orbit. In reality, the entire series was filmed in Dore, and the contestants did not leave Earth.
Yea, me too. More like reality show wannabe’s that just went along with it for their 15 minutes.
It was the 2000s. Internet disinformation wasn’t really a major thing. I can imagine they believed it.