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Mission possible for astronauts
Mission possible for astronauts
Last Modified: 08 May 2008
By:
Tom Clarke
The European Space Agency begins a new recruitment drive to search for its next generation of astronauts.
If you like travel and and are for a new job, try this out for size.
Wanted: people willing to travel to the International Space Station, the moon and beyond.
The European Space Agency has just begun a new recruitment drive to search for its next generation of astronauts.
More than 50,000 people from across Europe are expected to apply. You will need a science degree, a basic grasp of Russian, and will have to pass the medical.
But it costs around £1 million a year to keep a European astronaut ready to fly, and Britain has cut funding for manned space projects.
So could the money be better spent elsewhere?
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