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Starman DX
Last month boingboing had a chance to ask astronaut and test-pilot Rex Walheim some reader questions regarding outer space. Mainly stuff relating to NASA's astronaut program, and what kind of skills you need to get into it.

Last week Rex offered to answer a few more questions, and this second batch is a lot more interesting. Questions like "what does space smell like?" and "does going to space affect you psychologically or spiritually?" There's also some astronaut perspective on how important it is for private companies to start investing more heavily in space travel.

Really fascinating stuff if you're interested in NASA or space exploration. Seems like outer space stuff is coming up more frequently lately. (Like that rocket game Noel was obsessed with for a couple of days the other week.)
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