More signs of the end times...

[jay]

Pop star Lance Bass of NSYNC will serve as World Space Week 2003 Youth Spokesperson to promote science and math education. Um... what's the connection, again? Other than he has $25M available to buy a Soyuz ticket?

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[archway.livejournal.com]

Well, there IS that $25M.

Personally, I don't think I would worry about the kids that will be put-off by Lance Bass. They are intelligent enough to understand he is simply a face guy. (Let's be frank. America rallied once around a monkey for NASA, too!)

I think they chose him for the young girls. By the time most girls are in 5th grade, there is a frightening number of them that lose interest in science and math. This is the same age range that will take note of NSYNC. It may be a shallow spark, but it is a spark nonetheless.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

True, if we can publicize a chimp, then I guess that Lance Bass isn't more of a stretch. And as long as the other kids aren't turned-off as a result, then any pre-adolescent girls that can be kept interested is a Good Thing.