Yes, There have been previous efforts to make porn flicks in space.
But CoCo Brown will be the first porn star to actually be sent to space, and not to make a flick.
Brown is training to travel on a suborbital flight in 2016.
According to Thedailybeast,
CoCo Brown is about to make history as the first former adult actress to leave earth on a suborbital flight to space. In preparation for her 2016 flight, CoCo is undergoing grueling training as part of an elite group—one of the first 100 people to earn astronaut wings through XCOR. And it only cost her $100,000. Quite a bargain when you consider the $200,000-plus other companies are charging per passenger just to sightsee.
Not too bad of a price to be able to leave earth, right?
Daily Beast also got to interview Coco.
In a Daily Beast exclusive, Coco Brown opens about breaking down the barriers, acknowledging her biggest fears about going into space, why she doesn’t follow space news while training, and how someone who never dreamed of becoming an astronaut is on the verge of earning her wings.
What first motivated you to pursue a trip to space?
CoCo Brown: In 2012 I was invited by a luxury concierge person I know. There was an invite for only twelve people and one person canceled, so I got that one guy’s ticket. All I saw on the invite was “space luncheon” and I had no clue what that meant. When I got there I realized they were talking about space travel and I was a little shocked, thinking, “Why am I here?” “I wonder if my boobs will float. Will they? There’s no gravity. I never noticed it in the training.”
Why do you want to go to space?
I think it’s a wonderful thing. I love amusement parks and I love the scariest rides there. This will be like the scariest ride ever. I’m the person who gets the VIP ticket and says let’s do it again, again and again. I want the scariest ride. I think it’s going to be like the biggest roller coaster I’ve ever been on.
How long will you be in space?
It’s only an hour—but maybe two if something goes wrong. It could be longer if something goes wrong… maybe I never come back. Who knows?
Have you thought about that? About never coming back?
Yeah. There is a chance that I could die, of course. There is a chance that something could go wrong, absolutely. There is a danger of that.
How do you feel about that? Are you prepared for the danger?
I was prepared for the danger the moment I signed up. That was the first thing I came to terms with. I thought, ‘You know what? I could die doing this.’ That was the first thing I thought about, that I could die.
And you went for it anyway?
Yeah, absolutely! I said, ‘Oh well. I guess you gotta die sometime.’ Honestly that’s how I think of things. Why should I not do it? I drive 200 mph on the Autobahn in my car every day when I’m in Germany. I drive as fast as the car in front of me will let me go and I know I could die then.
What is one of your biggest fears about going to space, or do you have any?
You know when you are on an airplane and you have that feeling in your ears, that pop? That is one of my biggest fears. I’ve been on a plane for three hours when that feeling didn’t go away. It’s the worst feeling ever and you don’t enjoy anything until the feeling goes away, and that’s what scares me the most. Or if the pilot has a heart attack and I have to bring us back, because I am the co-pilot of this flight.
Yes, CoCo Brown will be the first porn star to be sent to space, training to travel on a suborbital flight in 2016. She opens up to The Daily Beast’s Aurora Snow about her journey.
Have you been following any space news?At this point unless I get information from XCOR I don’t really follow too much because I don’t want to hear bad news. I don’t want to know these things. It’s on my mind, but I don’t want to think about it. If I change my mind they’re not giving me my money back.
Have you received any ridicule as a former porn star training to go to space?
Not really. Maybe a few people have been against it, and mostly because they have something to do with the space industry. They worked really hard and have dedicated many years to this business and then I come along and get something they want. Honestly, I got more ridicule in the rap industry when I was doing music.
What are you most looking forward to about going to space?
Seeing space and then… I wonder if my boobs will float. Will they? There’s no gravity. I never noticed it in the training. You notice the rest of your body losing gravity but I’d like to see… Do fake boobs do something weird in space? I don’t know…
What’s your training like?
It’s exhausting. The training that we have to do is very intense over a few days. They cram these days in because there are 100 astronauts in this program; only 100 people in this program are allowed to be astronauts, after that you’re just commercial. You don’t fly the way we fly and you don’t get astronaut wings.
Do you see this as the ultimate trip to take?
I really wanted something besides a trip; I wanted to make something bigger out of it. I want to set a precedent for other people, for other women in the industry. It doesn’t matter what you did yesterday, it matters what you do today.
Well it looks like Coco Brown is serious, and we’ll all get to witness the space action sometime next year.
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