The director general of the European Space Agency, Josef Aschbacher, told Axios he wants to see other space agencies consider accepting people with disabilities into their astronaut corps.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Most space agencies have stringent health and physical requirements for astronauts, limiting who can fly to space. But by expanding the definition of the "
"A physical handicap should not stop you from becoming an astronaut," Aschbacher told Axios here at the National Space Symposium. McFall will now participate in a study to learn more about what kind of adjustments will need to be made to the capsule, space station and gear in order to make a future flight successful for him.
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