• Question: Is it a honour to go to go into space?

    Asked by knightswipe432 to Simon, Julia, Delma, Andrew, Alex on 13 Dec 2015. This question was also asked by olivia and iwan.
    • Photo: Andrew Winnard

      Andrew Winnard answered on 13 Dec 2015:

      I think it is 🙂 So far around about 533 different people have been to space out of the 7 billion+ humans that are around at the moment. So only a very few people get to goto space 🙂 Astronauts are pushing the limits of technology, understanding and human abilities which is also really cool!

      Here is a video of the reasons we goto space for you:

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    • Photo: Delma Childers

      Delma Childers answered on 14 Dec 2015:

      It would be a huge honour! Thousands of people apply to become an astronaut, but only a small handful are selected every few years. It’s a tough job to get! But within our lifetimes, going into space should get a lot easier with space tourism.

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