{"id":2741,"date":"2021-09-07T05:36:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T03:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/07\/the-point-is-ambition-are-we-ready-to-follow-netflix-into-space\/"},"modified":"2021-09-07T05:36:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T03:36:09","slug":"the-point-is-ambition-are-we-ready-to-follow-netflix-into-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/07\/the-point-is-ambition-are-we-ready-to-follow-netflix-into-space\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The point is ambition\u2019: are we ready to follow Netflix into space?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ambitious new look at SpaceX\u2019s first all-civilian flight, the streaming platform\u2019s first real-time docuseries, takes reality television to space<\/p>\n<p>The rise of commercial space travel is here, and for the vast majority who cannot afford its millions-plus price tag, streaming platforms are here to capture it. Starting this week, Netflix will air the first two installments of Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space, its first docuseries to cover an event \u2013 SpaceX\u2019s launch of its first all-civilian crew on a three-day trip circling Earth \u2013 in \u201cnear real time.\u201d Subsequent episodes will document the four astronauts\u2019 preparation for the 15 September launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Episodes three and four will air just two days prior; a feature-length finale film of the mission itself will air in late September.<\/p>\n<p> <span>Related: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2021\/jul\/19\/billionaires-space-tourism-environment-emissions\">How the billionaire space race could be one giant leap for pollution <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2021\/sep\/07\/spacex-countdown-inspiration4-mission-to-space\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/989cea5d2cc9c89c5216f6693ba12ef5d87ca75e\/0_94_2048_1229\/master\/2048.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=438fb5cad23902903d32861bd8bdbe08\" title=\"\u2018The point is ambition\u2019: are we ready to follow Netflix into space?\" \/>The ambitious new look at SpaceX\u2019s first all-civilian flight, the streaming platform\u2019s first real-time docuseries, takes reality television to space<br \/>\nThe rise of commercial space travel is here, and for the vast majority who cannot afford its millions-plus price tag, streaming platforms are here to capture it. Starting this week, Netflix will air the first two installments of Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space, its first docuseries to cover an event \u2013 SpaceX\u2019s launch of its first all-civilian crew on a three-day trip circling Earth \u2013 in \u201cnear real time.\u201d Subsequent episodes will document the four astronauts\u2019 preparation for the 15 September launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Episodes three and four will air just two days prior; a feature-length finale film of the mission itself will air in late September.<br \/>\n Related: How the billionaire space race could be one giant leap for pollution   Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ambitious new look at SpaceX\u2019s first all-civilian flight, the streaming platform\u2019s first real-time docuseries, takes reality television to space The rise of commercial space travel is here, and for the vast majority who cannot afford its millions-plus price tag, streaming platforms are here to capture it. Starting this week, Netflix will air the first &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/07\/the-point-is-ambition-are-we-ready-to-follow-netflix-into-space\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018The point is ambition\u2019: are we ready to follow Netflix into space?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}