• Question: Would you ever want to go to space yourself/become an astronaut?

    Asked by AstroHelena to Simon, Julia, Delma, Andrew, Alex on 4 Dec 2015. This question was also asked by DILL31, 949nch29, Bradosaur, MattLeon, 923nch23, antek and georgina, metallicamuselover, catlover2332, josip, amy, 856nch47.
    • Photo: Alexander Finch

      Alexander Finch answered on 4 Dec 2015:

      Oh man, yes!

      I think most people in this industry would love the chance to visit space. Like many kids, we all dreamed of being astronauts when we were older. I’m sure that many of us haven’t stopped dreaming of that, and our work in the space sector is a result of holding on to that dream…

    • Photo: Andrew Winnard

      Andrew Winnard answered on 9 Dec 2015:

      Yes I would love the chane to goto space! I hope in the future that space planes will be developed that will allow us all to take a trip to space easily!

    • Photo: Julia Attias

      Julia Attias answered on 9 Dec 2015:

      Hi guys!

      I think we all would love to go to space! It’s hard not to want to go when you work so closely with it and you see all the amazing things it has to offer. Unfortunately I would never be able to be an astronaut because I have a history of back injury (booooo) but hopefully one day I can go on a commercial space flight at least!

    • Photo: Delma Childers

      Delma Childers answered on 14 Dec 2015:

      Absolutely! Would you?

Comments

  • Photo: Andrew

    Andrew commented on :

    This is a good question. Being a professional astronaut like Tim is about more than just going to space. They are busy people who do a lot of other jobs (like being a ground controller for example) when they are in space. They have to travel all around the world and are away from home quite a lot. So it can be quite a hard job.

    Actually going to space though – I think most of us would love too. I think being a passenger and going for fun might be easier. In the future there might be some space station hotels that you could visit! Would you like to go to one of these??

    You can find out about future ideas for new space stations here: http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/g1506/step-inside-the-inflatable-space-station/