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Thread: Sarah Brightman plans on upcoming space journey
# 12926 byvictors@... on May 6, 2013, 6:56 p.m.
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http://www.mercurynews.com/celebrities/ci_23180215/sarah-brightman-plans-upcoming-space-journey
By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press
Posted: 05/06/2013 04:42:49 AM PDT
Updated: 05/06/2013 05:15:03 AM PDT
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... (FILE - This April 15, 2013 file photo shows actress and musician Sarah Brightman in New...)NEW YORKIf you called Sarah Brightman a space cadet, it would probably make her smile.
That's because she plans on becoming the first recording artist to venture into space en route to the International Space Station sometime in the next two years.
The classically trained singer-actress always wanted to explore the heavens. She says it began in 1969 when she was a little girl sitting in front of the television during the historic Apollo 11 landing on the moon.
"I was very lucky and privileged to be living in that time to see that actually happen on a black-and-white TV screen and it changed many of us. I don't think there's been anything to date that was like that," Brightman said.
Since then, she's wanted to go to the moon. Clearly, a firm believer in "her reach must far exceed her grasp," Brightman set her sights on a trip to the ISS.
"It looks as if a special journey into space will be happening for me in a couple of years," said Brightman (she declined to say how much the trip will cost).
She said her fascination follows a long history of artists inspired by space.
"You look at Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon,' even if there was nothing specific about space, the fact that it was called what it was and the feeling of the music was definitely inspired," said Brightman. "David Bowie (too). It goes on and on."
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