Tom Cruise’s Space Movie Will Make Him the ‘First Civilian to Do a Spacewalk Outside of the Space Station,’ Universal Boss Says

[1srelluc]

Tom Cruise will “hopefully” become “the first civilian to do a spacewalk” outside of the International Space Station when he blasts off to space to shoot a new action movie with director Doug Liman. Donna Langley, the head of Universal Pictures, teased as much during a recent BBC interview. Universal is backing the Cruise space project, which reportedly carries a budget in the $200 million range. While it was already known the movie would shoot scenes on the ISS, Langley said the plan is to also have Cruise perform a spacewalk.

“Tom Cruise is taking us to space. He’s taking the world to space. That’s the plan,” Langley confirmed to the BBC. “We have a great project in development with Tom, that does contemplate him doing just that. Taking a rocket up to the space station and shooting and hopefully being the first civilian to do a spacewalk outside of the space station.”

Tom Cruise’s Space Movie Will Make Him the ‘First Civilian to Do a Spacewalk Outside of the Space Station,’ Universal Boss Says

"What a fascinating and modern age we live in." - Capt. Jack Aubrey​

 

[$ecular#eckler]

Is he going to get to bang the co-star up there?

 

[fncceo]

Actually, all American astronauts are civilians. Even those with military rank are "on-loan" to NASA during their tenure and not on active military duty.

It was decided back in 1958 that America's manned space program would be a civilian organization.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Tom Cruise will “hopefully” become “the first civilian to do a spacewalk” outside of the International Space Station when he blasts off to space to shoot a new action movie with director Doug Liman. Donna Langley, the head of Universal Pictures, teased as much during a recent BBC interview. Universal is backing the Cruise space project, which reportedly carries a budget in the $200 million range. While it was already known the movie would shoot scenes on the ISS, Langley said the plan is to also have Cruise perform a spacewalk.

“Tom Cruise is taking us to space. He’s taking the world to space. That’s the plan,” Langley confirmed to the BBC. “We have a great project in development with Tom, that does contemplate him doing just that. Taking a rocket up to the space station and shooting and hopefully being the first civilian to do a spacewalk outside of the space station.”

Tom Cruise’s Space Movie Will Make Him the ‘First Civilian to Do a Spacewalk Outside of the Space Station,’ Universal Boss Says

"What a fascinating and modern age we live in." - Capt. Jack Aubrey​

2 things make me doubt this will happen. First, is the cost to send a person to space and back. Current price tag is 58 million per person. Second, does the studio REALLY want to risk a top star like Cruise on a space mission? LOTS of things can go horribly wrong rather quickly, with slim chances of recovery.

 

[fncceo]

Universal is backing the Cruise space project, which reportedly carries a budget in the $200 million range.

Two-hundred million wouldn't get the camera into orbit ... much less Cruise and his entourage.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Two-hundred million wouldn't get the camera into orbit ... much less Cruise and his entourage.

Maybe they'll have the crew of the ISS send back video from their smart phones.

 

[Darkwind]

Actually, all American astronauts are civilians. Even those with military rank are "on-loan" to NASA during their tenure and not on active military duty.

It was decided back in 1958 that America's manned space program would be a civilian organization.

Well, that is interesting.

I don't think that "on loan" actually deprives them of their rank or duty status.

 

[1srelluc]

Two-hundred million wouldn't get the camera into orbit ... much less Cruise and his entourage.

Well he's small.

 

[Unkotare]

At least floating in space he wouldn't have to stand on a box to shoot a scene. Be a real shame if he floated off out of the Solar System.

 

[ABikerSailor]

At least floating in space he wouldn't have to stand on a box to shoot a scene. Be a real shame if he floated off out of the Solar System.

I'd rather he floated into the Sun..............shorter distance and would take less time.

 

[$ecular#eckler]

2 things make me doubt this will happen. First, is the cost to send a person to space and back. Current price tag is 58 million per person. Second, does the studio REALLY want to risk a top star like Cruise on a space mission? LOTS of things can go horribly wrong rather quickly, with slim chances of recovery.

It's all a part of the publicity campaign. He does his own stunts - nothing is going to go so wrong that he cannot find a solution.

 

[fncceo]

Well, that is interesting.

I don't think that "on loan" actually deprives them of their rank or duty status.

NASA's military astronauts were remained active and held their ranks (and were even paid by the military).

But, their military ranks held no status within NASA, which is a civilian agency.

In order to perpetuate the status of NASA as a civilian organization, despite all the first astronauts being active military, it was necessarty to create the legal fiction that all NASA employees (even astronauts) were civilian.

 

[ABikerSailor]

It's all a part of the publicity campaign. He does his own stunts - nothing is going to go so wrong that he cannot find a solution.

Uh...............not for nothing, but I highly doubt that Cruise can figure out how to fix a problem on the ISS if something went wrong. He might be able to patch a leak on his suit if he's trained for it and has a kit for doing so, but that's about it. Space is a pretty technical environment that is also extremely unforgiving.

 

[$ecular#eckler]

I'm sending this discussion to Scientology now - you are going to be sorry.

 

[fncceo]

Space is a pretty technical environment that is also extremely unforgiving.

Much less forgiving than Hollywood ...