ESA names first Parastronaut: paralympian and aspiring surgeon John McFall
The sole Parastronaut candidate is John McFall – a former Paralympic sprinter with a bronze medial to his name, plus credentials as an orthopedic surgeon. McFall lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident when he was 19.
"In November 2022, John was selected to take part in the Parastronaut Feasibility Project to improve our understanding of, and overcome, the barriers space flight presents for astronauts with a physical disability,""I've got quite an interesting focus or point of view for human space exploration being [in] the first cohort of astronauts with a physical disability,"He said the team not only had to undergo astronaut training, but it had to do so while working out"what...
The 17 were selected from a pool of 23,000 candidates with an interest in becoming an astronaut. That number wasESA hopes including people with disabilities in its astronaut program will set an industry standard.
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