Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Lailberte is taking a $35 million trip into space to raise awareness about water issues here on Earth. The 12-day mission is part of his latest campaign for his water charity the One Drop Foundation. He's calling the expedition a "Poetic Social Mission."
Whatever he wants to call it, it's a very big statement for water--after all, it's literally out of this world. He'll launch into space on the Russian Soyuz rocket and head to the International Space Station on September 30. On October 9, 14 cities around the world, including New York City, Tampa, Sydney and Montreal, will have events to coincide with his two-hour theatrical ode to water, "Moving Stars and Earth for Water," written by Life of Pi author Yann Martel. Big name participants are on board to perform including Al Gore, U2 and Peter Gabriel.
You can tell from the whimsical world of Cirque du Soleil that Lailberte has always been a dreamer. And we love that his dream of going into space and his dream of water for all can come together in this mission.
Image credit: savethedave on Flickr under a Creative Commons License
Whatever he wants to call it, it's a very big statement for water--after all, it's literally out of this world. He'll launch into space on the Russian Soyuz rocket and head to the International Space Station on September 30. On October 9, 14 cities around the world, including New York City, Tampa, Sydney and Montreal, will have events to coincide with his two-hour theatrical ode to water, "Moving Stars and Earth for Water," written by Life of Pi author Yann Martel. Big name participants are on board to perform including Al Gore, U2 and Peter Gabriel.
You can tell from the whimsical world of Cirque du Soleil that Lailberte has always been a dreamer. And we love that his dream of going into space and his dream of water for all can come together in this mission.
Image credit: savethedave on Flickr under a Creative Commons License
hmmmm, 35mm? thats probably enough money to provide clean water to say 9 million people in Africa....gotta love show biz...