47: Reserve Astronaut at ESA
Episode description
This week, Henrike tells us about her recent visit to Isar Aerospace in Bavaria, where she had the opportunity to interview reserve astronaut Amelie Schoenenwald. Tune in to hear about Henrike's behind-the-scenes experience and the interesting insights from Amelie's experiences with becoming an astronaut at the European Space Agency. It's a special episode that you won't want to miss!
00:00 - Intro
02:02 - Henrike at Isar Aerospace
10:40 - Report about the interview with Amelie Schoenenwald
11:40 - Would Amelie choose to fly as a tourist instead of remaining in reserve for ESA?
25:11 - What would Amelie's mission of choice look like?
28:32 - What is Amelie doing right now as a Reserve Astronaut?
31:29 - What does Amelie need to do to keep her spot in the ESA reserve?
36:02 - What was Amelie's most memorable challenge in the Astronaut training?
37:53 - Meeting a super-nerd from Jugend Forscht
The article we discussed:
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/landkreismuenchen/ottobrunn-isar-aerospace-1.5738466
The photo of Amelie Schoenenwald is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO license.
Attribution: ESA - P. Sebirot, CC BY-SA IGO 3.0
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