As Jeremy Hansen prepares for his mission around the moon, the Ontario\u002Dborn astronaut is thinking about the ways Canada could help tackle some of the world’s…
“It’s a nod to thousands of Canadians who worked really hard with a common vision of bringing benefit to Canadians over decades,” He said. “There’s a deep sense of being humbled by that invitation to represent Canada on this mission.”
Over the next year and a half, Hansen said the Artemis II crew will be working with engineers and system experts to create different simulators, test possible failures and find solutions.Article content “I will be in a spacecraft where I don’t have that security of survival,” Hansen said. “I’ll be reliant on just a few systems that have to work in order for me to survive to get back. And I think that’ll be very humbling and a great reminder of the beautiful gift we have–Mother Earth.”
The astronaut who was raised on a farm in the greater London, Ont., area said his interest in space began as a child, when images of people walking on the moon got him thinking about travelling beyond Earth. He also watched a lot of “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” while in school. Now a father with three children, Hansen said he was concerned about the future of the planet and was looking to potential solutions being explored at the International Space Station.Article content
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