THE LAST SOVIET - EP 8: A Common Goal

最后的苏联 - 第 8 集:共同目标

The Last Soviet

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第 8 集

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The collapse of the Soviet Union heralds a new era in international space travel and leads to the arrival of Lance Bass in Star City. But what happens when Lance’s mission goes wrong?  Like what you hear? Follow us @kscope_nyc on Twitter and Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • As y'all already know, going from Orlando, Florida to Star City in Russia in the early 2000s was a bit of a shock.

  • The gray buildings, the summer mosquitoes, no air conditioning, the endless bowls of soup.

  • Sometimes it all became too much.

  • I longed for just a few hours with my family, my friends, my dogs.

  • And then one day I arrive at this house in the middle of Star City.

  • I walk down some steps and open the door and I cannot believe my eyes.

  • Right there in the middle of Russia is an old time American dive bar.

  • There's a jukebox, whiskey, Chris Hadfield on the guitar, the whole shebang.

  • I am in heaven.

  • I'm doing shots, shooting the shit.

  • And I begin wondering how on earth did I end up in an American bar with NASA astronauts and a walled off Russian military town in the middle of a forest?

  • Main engine start and lift off.

  • The launch of a rocket carrying the first stage of the International Space Station.

  • In this final episode we tell the story of how the Americans and Russians overcame 70 years of Cold War.

  • Within six years, the station will be a virtual village in the sky with people living and working in to build.

  • Humanity'S most expensive and ambitious piece of real estate.

  • All these nations are coming together to utilize technology, not to blow up humanity.

  • And how I nearly got to go.

  • And this 23 year old Southern boy wants to be more than a pop star.