You don't need to be an astronaut to be happy (if you wanted to be one at 90), maybe devoting so much to learning about it, speaking with real astronaut, and getting a chance to sit in the space shuttle would make you just as happy.
First, you can be happy regardless, but....
Why short-change yourself? Selling yourself short? why? If your dream is to travel outside this world, why not do it? Yeah, maybe you won't be the captain/commander of the space shuttle, but you still could be a passenger and make it outside this world, and fulfill your dream.
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Well, given what we are seeing today, a few 90 year old could do the same...[FONT=microstile, arial]
At age 77, Glenn became the oldest person ever to go into space. [/FONT]
Also, in a somewhat related type of feat...
CBBC Newsround | UK | 'Oldest' man sets skydive record
And another one...
from this site: Amazingpara
Who was the Oldest Jumper ?CLEVELAND (AP) -- A 92-year-old man with artificial knees made it into the record books by becoming the oldest person ever to jump out of an airplane without holding on to anyone else. "What a thrill!" Herb Tanner said seconds after he touched down Friday. "That was beautiful. Just gorgeous. I'd love to do that again, but not today." Tanner, of the Cleveland suburb of Mayfield Heights, looked to the Guinness Book of World Records to see what kind of mark he could make in parachuting. Jumping while attached to another parachutist was out. A 99-year-old woman already had done it, and the record for males was held by a 95-year-old Englishman. But Tanner could still break a record if he jumped solo. The record had been held by the late Edwin C. Townsend, who was 89 when he jumped in Louisiana in 1986. After receiving basic jump instruction and making 10 computer jumps using a virtual reality simulator, Tanner was ready. The 105-pound Tanner -- fake knees, hearing aid and all -- climbed into a jump suit and leaped from a plane at 3,500 feet. A lifelong pilot, Tanner has flown for 63 years but never parachuted. "I always wanted to parachute, but my wife wouldn't let me," he said. "She said she would leave me if I jumped. She died two years ago." Note: the oldest Tandem Jumper was 100 years old, October 1999(Skydiving magazine)
Woman, 90, skydives to prove age is just a number (Feb., 2, 2002)WILSON -- Marni Evans literally "dropped in" for her 90th birthday party Saturday afternoon, jumping from an airplane cruising over her farm at 12,000 feet. She said she wanted to show her friends that age is just a state of mind, even when you're nearing the century mark. http://www.dropzone.com/news/woman90skydivestoproveag.shtml
Four-Year-Old Skydives! In a leap into the record books, four-year-old Toni Stadler became the youngest person to skydive! The tandem parachute jump took place at the Cape Parachute Club, 25 miles north of Cape Town, South Africa, on Oct. 27, just five days before Toni's fifth birthday. The youngster was strapped to jumpmaster Paul Lutge's chest as they leaped out of their single-engine plane 10,000 feet above the earth, freefalling for half a minute before opening the parachute.
Toni's mom said, "We have been skydiving for four years and recently Toni started asking if he could jump too,". "We did not make him do it. He made us let him."
and that only took me 2 minutes to google and find this stuff... imagine what we haven't heard of yet?
Well, again, simply watching your grand kids playing outside should make you happy... happiness has nothing to do with it, I believe...Maybe educating your grand kids or and watch them become astronauts would make you happy (not sure how that would work if you were 90).
Why do I need to re-evaluate myself if I decide that it is worth trying hard, even if I could get killed while trying? We are all gonna die, what's so bad about dying while pursuing a dream? Isn't that better than simply dying in a hospital because of a cold?You must accept defeat some times and find peace within yourself. If youre 90 and thinks you will become an astronaut or die trying, you need to re-evaluate yourself mentally That should not be your mentality at 90 lol
I guess I am a just another adrenaline junkie...
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