“Diversity at ESA should not only address the origin, age, background or gender of our astronauts, but also perhaps physical disabilities. To make this dream a reality, alongside the astronaut recruitment I am launching the Parastronaut Feasibility Project – an innovation whose time has come."
Excellent news!! There I was thinking that being an old has-been retired pilot with fading eyesight was a bar to my dreams of being an astronaut but no longer.
The only obstacle might be being a bloke, but I only need to self-declare myself as female and ‘Robert is your Dad’s brother’. Worked for Eddie Izzard (recently voted as I understand ‘best female comedian’).