The series was a hoax at the expense of its contestants, who were told they were being trained as cosmonauts at a Russian military base before undergoing a five-day trip into low Earth orbit. In reality, the entire series was filmed in Dore, and the contestants did not leave Earth.
No matter how stupid people are, the reality is that they are much, much stupider than you even think. I’m sure there people who don’t even know there is a lack of gravity in space.
I guarantee that there are people in America who couldn’t tell you who is president right now.