Sunday, February 05, 2006

Retired Astronaut "Survives" First Week on Reality TV Show

"Exile Island", the 12th and latest entry in CBS's "Survivor" reality TV series debuted Thursday night with retired three time space shuttle astronaut Dan Barry among the castaways.

Separated into gender and age grouped teams, Barry's older men "La Mina" camp got off to a strong start, finishing the first challenge before the other three "young women," "older women" and "younger men" tribes of four people each.

Between the initial contest that began the show and Survivor's trademark "immunity challenge", which decides which group would have to vote someone "off the island", Barry and fellow La Mina castaway Terry Deitz bonded as Dan shared he was an astronaut with the former F-14 turned American Airlines pilot. Barry's space flight experiences - including flying twice to the International Space Station - are a secret to the other 14 castaways.

The older men ended the episode by coming in second, which earned their immunity, leaving Barry to "outwit, outplay and outlast" until next week's show.

[Source: Space.com]

4 comments:

Justin said...

Just stopping by to say hi...

meo said...

did you stop trying to be An Astronaut ?

Maryam said...

Justin: Thanks for stopping by my blog. Just to let you know that I moved my weekly writing to www.yurisnight.net

Meo: No, but being an astronaut is not an easy thing. I will keep you updated with my activities ;)

Freakerz said...

yo, sorry to disappoint u but it is me whoz gonna be the first kuwaiti female astronanut ! but hey so it can be fun, lets compete ;) ... see ya in few years inshalla :P

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