• Question: my little sister wants th be an antronaut what tips wold you give. how do you get to a high enough level to be able to go to space

    Asked by idilamin to Paul on 22 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Paul Roche answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      To be an astronaut you need to travel 100km vertically (and come back down again…). I’ve met lots of astronauts over the past 10 years or so. To be an astronaut, my top tips would be:

      Study science, engineering or medicine (to as high a level as you can), or else be a brilliant fighter pilot

      Learn Russian

      Learn to scuba dive

      Work extremely hard in school

      Be fit and healthy (but you don’t need to be superfit etc. – just not unfit)

      Don’t get travel sick – very messy in a space helmet….

      Be American or Russian – sadly, Britain does not support “manned spaceflight”, but we do have 1 astronaut candidate – Major Tim Peake was selected by ESA to be trained, starting in May 2009.

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