SO YOU WANT TO BE AN ASTRONAUT?

摘要

Budding astronauts beware: getting to the launch pad can be as tough as the mission itself.rnThe European astronauts who worked on the Russian space station Mir between 1988 and 1999 were selected using screening processes organised by the French and European space agencies. The tests saw 1065 candidates from across Europe whittled down to just 13. Most fell at the first hurdle - a check of academic and professional qualifications, plus a wide-ranging medical questionnaire.