The European Space Agency (ESA) is seeking new astronauts for the first time in a decade and wants to recruit one person with a disability. At a briefing held today, ESA experts and astronauts discussed the selection criteria for the four to six astronauts who are needed. The agency said it was keen to improve its record on diversity and inclusion and wants one of the new recruits to have a disability – a “parastronaut”.
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- Employment, Inclusion and access
- Author:
- Adam McCulloch
- Source:
- Personnel today
- Date published:
- Tue 16th Feb, 2021