• Question: Can anyone from any country go to space and end up in the same area as you?

    Asked by Cristina to Andrea, Charlie 🚀, Col Op, Kirsty, Vinita on 15 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Kirsty Lindsay

      Kirsty Lindsay answered on 15 Jun 2016:

      Yes they can!

      It takes dedication because you need to study a lot! You need to go to university for at least 4 years, maybe 7 or more depending on the degrees you do. It has taken me a little longer because I retrained twice, but working in the space industry is totally worth all the time studying though 😀

    • Photo: Andrea Boyd

      Andrea Boyd answered on 15 Jun 2016:

      Only people with a passport from countries with a space agency can become an Astronaut and go to space. Lucky you have the UK Space Agency!

      To work in space you have to be American to work at NASA, Russian to work at Roscosmos, Japanese to work at JAXA, but in Europe you can be from any country and work at the European Space Agency 😀

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