Editing Lance Bass (section)

====Space advocacy====
In 2003, Bass began serving as [[World Space Week]]'s Youth Spokesman.<ref name="Space Review" /> Bass has said that he believes young people becoming more interested in [[space exploration]] "will help the future of our planet".<ref name="Space Chat">{{cite web|url=http://www.space-explorers.com/internal/events/viewlog.html?bass2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316183601/http://www.space-explorers.com/internal/events/viewlog.html?bass2005|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 16, 2006|title=Transcript of Space Explorers chat with Lance Bass, World Space Week 2005|publisher=Space-Explorers|access-date=January 4, 2008}}</ref> From 2003 to 2005, Bass spent World Space Week traveling to American high schools speaking with students about space exploration and encouraging them to explore careers in science and mathematics.<ref name="NSS"/> Bass is a member of the [[National Space Society]], a non-profit educational [[space advocacy]] organization founded by [[Wernher von Braun]].<ref name="NSS" /> Bass has served on the National Space Society's [[board of governors]] since October 2004, alongside other space advocates such as actor [[Tom Hanks]] and author and [[futurist]] Sir [[Arthur C. Clarke]].<ref name="NSS" /> In a 2007 interview with ''[[GQ]]'' magazine, Bass said he "absolutely" still intends on going to space, and that he hopes to work on a space documentary.<ref name="BassGQ" /> Bass has also retained fluency in Russian, which he was required to learn during his training.<ref name="Russian">{{cite web | url=https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/interview-lance-bass/ | title=How NSYNC's Lance Bass almost became a cosmonaut | date=April 3, 2023 }}</ref>