"In 1963, a top secret space programme was created under the John F. Kennedy administration, in which the United States, fearful of the effects of the Cold War, launch a huge starship secretly into space.
This vessel, the Ascension, contains the best and brightest of the generation in an effort to reach Proxima, a 100 year trip, and make sure humanity survives. The series is based on the actual `Project Orion`, a sort of lifeboat generation ship that was to be send into space decades ago but never materialised.
The vessel has it`s rich classes living in luxury near the top, a middle classe in the center, and the working blue collar class that maintains the ship near the bottom. However, some realise they won`t make the trip due to old age, and that they get to know all 600 crew members sooner or later. A life of a future chosen for them, they would love to turn the ship around and end the mission to live a normal life on Earth with their own choices.
In the meantime, back on Earth there are certain stretches that think the vessel actually exist and that a whole group of people is currently drifting through space, unknown to those on the planet. Their goal is to try and uncover the truth and make it public…"
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I missed it.
Anyone see it? Comments?
Amicalement
Armand