MTV to Chronicle Disability Activist's Quest to Travel Into Space

from the Hollywood Reporter:

MTV will follow a South African activist on his quest to become the first physically disabled person to travel to space. 

Eddie Ndopu, 27, was born with spinal muscular atrophy and given a life span of five years. He has obviously exceeded that, going on to earn a master's degree in public policy from Oxford and has spent more than a decade advocating for the rights of disabled young people. 

Now Ndopu is hoping to travel to space and deliver a message from above Earth to the U.N. General Assembly, sending "a powerful message on behalf of young people everywhere who have ever felt excluded by society." MTV cameras will follow him as he enlists an aerospace company to facilitate the mission and chronicle his thoughts and emotions as the launch approaches. The cabler will also document his voyage and message to the United Nations. 

The project was announced ahead of the International Day of Persons With Disabilities on Dec. 3.  

Production on the untitled MTV series is set to begin in 2019.