As the mid 70's approached, the audience got bored with it. The ratings slipped. ABC and Goodson/Todman decided to jazz it up with "all celebrity" tournaments every week. It lasted a few months. The audience rejected it, and "Password All Stars" went back to being plain "Password." Well, it wasn't all that plain. Two celebrities, four contestants, confusing format, and a mind boggling Lightning Round. The post "All Stars" format limped along for a while and "Password" was eventually cancelled.
All of that is a convoluted way to bring me around to today's topic-- the recent wave of privately funded space flights. I marvel at the technology, but the "Space Flight All Stars" gimmickry bores me to tears. I want to see real astronauts, advancing the technology and advancing the science. Oldest astronaut, youngest astronaut, billionaire astronaut, TV star astronaut... it does absolutely nothing for me.
I know it does play up the fact that, eventually, space travel will become common.
Even though the private space flights are new, I'm already bored.
