Fear, family, and space food: Jeremy Hansen gets personal ahead of moon mission | 24CA News
When Jeremy Hansen was a little bit boy, rising up on his household farm close to Ailsa Craig, Ontario, his dad and mom ordered a set of encyclopedias.
The books arrived on the farm separately, in alphabetical order, however Hansen was caught on A.
“I was in love with the airplane section,” stated Hansen.
“One day I inadvertently flipped to [Neil] Armstrong, the first human to walk on the moon and I saw that picture,” stated Hansen, recalling the well-known picture of Armstrong standing on the moon in 1969.
“I turned my treehouse into a rocket ship and started talking about space, [and] was checking out library books on moon bases,” he stated.
Now, after incomes levels in house science and physics, and dealing as a fighter pilot and aquanaut, Hansen is making ready to grow to be the primary Canadian to journey to the moon. The Artemis II mission will go away earth to orbit the moon in November 2024.
“This mission has kind of reminded me to look at the moon a little bit differently…it looks further to me than it used to look,” stated Hansen, who will journey within the Orion spacecraft with three different astronauts for 10 days, and canopy practically 800,000 kilometers.
He says though he feels worry in regards to the mission, he would not let it eat him.
“We spent a lot of our day talking about the ways that we could kill ourselves on this mission, and how we’re going to mitigate those risks,” stated Hansen of his fellow astronauts and workforce.
“If you invest time in it beforehand, then you will be prepared and you will be able to deal with it as a team.”
But Hansen is aware of that even with all of the coaching and preparation, issues can go unsuitable.
“There are things that can happen that you can’t guarantee survival, and we just have to accept those risks,”stated Hansen.
“We look around the world today, and there’s lots of things to be concerned about. [There are] lots of reasons to look and say, ‘Gosh, we’re not doing great as a human race,'” stated Hansen.
“[The] Artemis program is not going to fix all of that, but it is going to be an example of how we can work toward a better future for ourselves on the planet, and that makes this risk worthwhile.”
Hansen additionally thinks about the best way to put together his household for “intense emotional moments,” like watching him blast off. He’s pleased with how his three youngsters, now younger adults, are dealing with his further journey and the elevated notoriety that has come together with this mission.
“I’m really proud of them because they really truly get why this mission is much, much bigger than just their dad going to space and flying around the moon.”
He plans to carry one thing to signify their household on his journey across the moon, however hasn’t landed on the merchandise but.
The one factor that Hansen is not anxious about is the meals.
“I’m not a picky eater. I like convenience over a laborious preparation process,” stated Hansen, who had the chance to taste-test a few of the meals that will likely be on the mission, together with a curry he preferred.
“There’s a lot of actually pretty good space food,” stated Hansen.
