• Question: why didn't you become a astornaut

    Asked by GoldenPants to Christie, Dan, David, Dawn, Sian on 17 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Dan Lewis

      Dan Lewis answered on 17 Jun 2016:

      I would love to become an astronaut, I’m just not a big fan of flying and I don’t like heights.

    • Photo: Christie Waddington

      Christie Waddington answered on 17 Jun 2016:

      I would be too scared to be an astronaut! I like to be on earth with oxygen, and a protective earth’s atmosphere, normal gravity and a ground to stand on! Also, I’m more interested in whats happening on earth than what’s happening out in space. I wouldn’t be a good candidate in that sense!

      To become an astronaut though (if you are interested!) you can look at the NASA website. There are apparently more than one type of astronaut!

      http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_Astronaut_Requirements.html

    • Photo: David Robertson

      David Robertson answered on 17 Jun 2016:

      I was never clever or brave enough to be an astronaut. It is actually a really dangerous profession and you have to be tremendously clever to be able to do all the training (including learning Russian). I dream about it but don’t think I can make it happen for me. If you want to be one then go for it!

    • Photo: Dawn Lau

      Dawn Lau answered on 17 Jun 2016:

      Actually I really wanted to be an astronaut when I was young. I gave up on that dream when I saw that it took a long long time to get to space and back to Earth!

    • Photo: Sian Thomas

      Sian Thomas answered on 18 Jun 2016:

      I get travel sick and am not a big fan of sitting in a seat for a long time. I think I would also miss the diverse range of company that I get on earth. So not a good choice for me – I would probably not be the favorite person with my fellow astronauts if I did decide to give it a go – but as I imagine there are a lot of keen candidates I don’t think I need to worry too much 🙂

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