Students need maths to reach for the stars [Independent.ie]
- Published: 05 October 2011
BUDDING astronauts be warned -- you need good maths and science results to get in to space.
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough yesterday stressed the importance of both subjects during his three-day visit to Ireland as part of World Space Week.
Speaking at the University if Limerick, the Texan-born astronaut described his 16-day mission on the space shuttle Endeavour in 2008, during which he performed two space walks lasting almost 13 hours.
Endeavour returned to Earth after completing 250 orbits, travelling more than six million miles.
"It was just spectacular. It was phenomenal to look back at our planet and see what a beautiful place we have to live in," the astronaut recalled.
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