Science Square » astronaut http://blog.sciencesquare.com The Meeting Place Of Science Education And Storytelling Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:36:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Can I STILL be an astronaut? http://blog.sciencesquare.com/2010/02/can-i-still-be-an-astronaut/ http://blog.sciencesquare.com/2010/02/can-i-still-be-an-astronaut/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:42:00 +0000 Kamal http://blog.sciencesquare.com/?p=390 This is the QUESTION you may be asking yourself after you heard the news. The next generation of spacecrafts being built to take astronauts into space, to the moon and BEYOND, otherwise known as the Constellation Program has been canceled.
Traveling into space.

Traveling into space. Credit: NASA


When I first heard the possibility of this happening, I was disappointed and saddened. As a young boy, I had dreamed of becoming an astronaut one day. I am sure that is still the case with many young boys and GIRLS who are in school today but hope to go into SPACE someday. What does this bit of news mean to them and YOU, if you are a young girl or boy?

What the news media is not reporting as widely is the fact that NASA has been issued a new directive by President Obama to work more closely with the private sector, companies like Virgin Galactic, SpaceX and others to take astronauts into space. This means there will be MORE spots for astronauts on spaceships than exist today.

If you DREAM of someday going into space, do not give up that dream. Your chances of becoming an astronaut just went up. Of course, you will still need a good education to secure your place on a spaceship.

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