Being a pop star has prepared Lance Bass to become an astronaut.

What was *N Sync's Lance Bass thinking when he entered talks with the Russian Space Agency to hitch a ride into outer space on a Soyuz rocket in November?

A. "If a monkey could man Sputnik, how hard could it possibly be?"

B. "I want to get as far away from that annoying Joey Fatone as I possibly can."

C. "I'll never forget when I asked Justin where he found his girlfriend and he said, 'She's out of this world, man.' "

D. "George Lucas will have to let us into that Star Wars movie after they see this."

E. "Elton John will have to let me duet of 'Rocket Man' after he sees this."

F. "Yet another thing that those untalented hacks known as The Backstreet Boys could never do."