No name has as yet been released but it has been confirmed
that a Portuguese citizen will be going to space soon according to Blue Origin.
According to a report by Diário de Notícias, the
announcement came at the end of a video shown on the third day of GlexSummit
2022, which this year takes place in the Azores. Organised by the Portuguese
from Expanding World and the Explorers Club of New York, this is a scientific
conference in which astronauts are usually featured. The news was given by
Richard Garriott, president of Explorers and himself a man who in 2008 spent 12
days on the International Space Station, travelling as one of the first private
astronauts (his father was a NASA astronaut, with two space trips).
"It's an announcement that fills us with great
satisfaction because in the third year Glex is already one of the main meetings
of the aerospace industry. And having a player of this nature choose Glex for
this announcement of a Portuguese astronaut obviously fills me with great
satisfaction, as did NASA's announcement of its next mission to Venus, as did
the announcement by one of the biggest players in space stations, Axiom, having
also come here to present its future capsules at International Space
Station", said Manuel Vaz of Expanding World.
So far, only two Portuguese speakers have gone to space: the
Brazilian Marco Pontes, who in 2006, at the service of NASA, spent ten days on
the International Space Station. After that, he became Minister of Science of
Brazil. And with Blue Origin Victor Hespanha, also Brazilian.
Why it matters if Portuguese speakers went to space? This should be about Portuguese citizens, not Portuguese speakers.
By Diogo F. from Madeira on 06 Jul 2022, 23:26