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In a new diversity push, Europe looks to recruit more female astronauts and people with disability – SBS News
In its first recruitment drive in more than a decade, Europe’s equivalent of NASA is urging women to apply and looking into how it might add people with disability…
Europe is to recruit new astronauts for the first time in 11 years as leading space-faring nations set their sights on missions to the Moon and, eventually, Mars.
The European Space Agency (ESA) is looking to add up to 26 permanent and reserve astronauts. It is strongly encouraging women to apply and is looking into how it might add people with disability to its roster to boost diversity among crews.
But it wont be easy to land one of the coveted positions, it warned at a news conference on Tuesday.
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