What’s it like to be an astronaut?
You gotta learn how to cook and eat snake.
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What’s it like to be an astronaut? An animated first-hand account by NASA’s Jerry Carr, who tells his fascinating life story.Complement with Sally Ride’s first-hand account of what it’s like to take off on a Space Shuttle, and this illustrated chronology of the Space Age.
Do kids dream of being an astronaut any more? It’s a great, character-building dream.
Tip of the old scrub brush to BrainPicker, at Explore.
More:
- Eyes on the Stars – the story of astronaut Ronald McNair (storycorps.org)
- Cheney astronaut on Space Shuttle Columbia honored by local students (krem.com)
- Life Of An Astronaut – Jerry Carr (milkandcookies.com)
- Marshall Space Flight Center remembers fallen astronauts on anniversary of Columbia crash (al.com)
- Maria Popova, @brainpicker: Why she won’t give advertisers access to her 1.2m online readers, by Kathy Sweeney (nextlevelofnews.com)
- I love Maria Popova (digital-diva.co.uk)
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