The European Space Agency on Wednesday selected a disabled former athlete to be among its newest astronaut recruits as part of its first recruitment drive in over a decade that aimed to bring diversity to space travel.
as part of its first recruitment drive in over a decade that aimed to bring diversity to space travel.
The new recruits were among the more than 22,000 applicants who came forward in the hiring push announced February of last year by Europe’s equivalent toESA specifically sought out people with physical disabilities, for a first-of-its-kind effort to determine what adaptations would be necessary to space stations to accommodate them.
Huot acknowledged that "NASA’s selection criteria currently remains the same" but said the agency is looking forward to working with the "new astronauts in the future" from partners such as the ESA.NASA stressed that it has a safety-conscious process for vetting future astronauts who might be put in life-threatening situations.
NASA said future "assistive technology" might change the game for "some candidates" to meet their stringent safety requirements.
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