Russian to Film First Drama in Orbit

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian film director said he hoped to send two actors into orbit for the first drama filmed in space but space officials said the huge sums of money involved could scupper the project. Russian space officials said they welcomed the project in principle but stressed that no documents had yet been signed and the organisers would need to raise millions of dollars. "Everything depends on technical conditions, including the actual state of Mir," said a Russian Space Agency spokesman, referring to the ageing space station.