If selected, what personal items will you bring with you to space?
There are two things I’d like to bring with me into space.
The first is a real-life space pen.
I think this would be really useful in space
because you can write with it while floating around in space without gravity.
The second thing is a special rock that I found on a beach in New Zealand
because it would be a reminder of our beautiful planet Earth.
As an earthling, I would be exploring the universe,
and I’d want to bring a piece of my Earth with me wherever I go.
If I’m chosen to go to space, I think I’ll be missing my family very much,
and so I’d want to bring something to help me remember them.
I’d bring a bit of art from each of my children that they made,
and from my wife I’d bring a watch that she gave to me early on in our relationship.
Hopefully those items will make it a little bit easier to be so far away from them for so long.
I’d like to bring a family picture because in the happy moments
or the more difficult moments then I like to think about the people I love.
I’d like to bring a little bit of maple syrup because I love maple syrup
and then I’d like to bring like a small USB card maybe
with messages and questions from people all over the world
so that I can think about those messages and answer the questions in space.
The first item I would bring has to be a camera.
That way, I could take photos of everything I see, share them with the world
and the world can see what it’s like as an astronaut through my eyes.
The second item I would bring has to be my iPod.
I absolutely love music.
I love listening to music as I do work, and that way I can do that when I’m up in space.
So thank you very much for your question.
Keep interested in science because you never know:
one day that might be you up in space listening to your favourite tunes.