The Astronaut Diaries

• Autores: Nigel Henbest
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2944, 2013, págs. 41-43
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Henbest talks about his booking of Richard Branson's space enterprise. Space travel has been in Henbest's blood since he was a kid, holding his transistor radio close to his ear to hear Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landing on the moon in 1969. In 2008, while having a beer with the colleague with whom he had set up a TV company that makes science documentaries, their discussion turned to space tourism. His colleague mused that if the TV company bought back Henbest's shareholding, he could fly to space with Virgin Galactic. Within four months, Henbest became the proud owner of ticket number 249.