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| Our Chairman David Moore poses for a photo with
budding young astronomer and possible future astronaut Jack
Ronan and ESA astronaut Gerhard Thiele in our Shop. (credit:
Sonya Farrell)
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Here is a brief report, with pictures, on the astronaut visit to our
Telescope Shop.
A full report will be available in our July Magazine with an
in-depth interview with astronaut Gerhard Thiele.
Thursday May 15th:
Astronomy Ireland
were very pleased to have astronaut Gerhard Thiele from the European
Space Agency as a guest in our office/Shop.
Gerhard flew into Ireland for just 24 hours as part of a tour
promoting ESA’s upcoming search for an astronaut, Ireland being a
member of ESA, is included in the search.
RTE appeared with a film crew to interview
Gerhard and some other ESA representatives.
Gerhard also did an interview for Astronomy Ireland Radio
Show (AIRS), which will be aired on Tuesday 27th May on
Dublin City Radio103.2FM at 8pm.
Astronomy Ireland offices were buzzing during
his visit, with some people arriving to meet him. One young man, Jack Ronan, arrived with his mother Noeline.
He was delighted that Gerhard answered some of his questions
and even had his picture taken with him, who knows, maybe Jack will
be the first man to walk on Mars!
The search for an Irish astronaut begins on May
19th and the starting requirements for application are
that you must have an advanced degree in science or a pilots
licence. Full details
of the Irish ESA astronaut search are in the June issue of our Magazine
To see the RTE TV report filmed in our Shop,
click the following link
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