• Question: have you ever met an astronaut

    Asked by claire to Colin on 11 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Colin Johnston

      Colin Johnston answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Yes, I’ve met a few. Chris Hadfield visited us earlier this year. I’m also met Jeff Hoffman and Ronald Grabe, both Shuttle astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut who I’m embarrassed to say I’ve forgotten the name of. Most historic astronaut I’ve met was Edgar Mitchell who visited the Moon in 1971.

      They’re all very smart, fit and disciplined guys, astronaut selection procedures clearly are good at picking this type.

      Surprisingly I’ve yet to meet a female who has been in space, historically less than 10% of astronaut have been women, but currently half of NASA’s astronauts are female.

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