As a master’s student in 2008, Persad applied to be an astronaut through the Canadian Space Agency’s open recruitment campaign. Aaron Persad has been waiting a long time for another shot at going to space. Persad, a post-doctoral fellow in the University of Toronto’s engineering department, has dreamed of going to space since he was 7 years old. More than 3,300 Canadians have already started or completed their applications since the agency kicked off its recruitment campaign June 17. Article Continued Below“It pushes one to explore the limits of what they can actually do,” Persad, 32, said of being an astronaut.

Source: thestar July 26, 2016 22:41 UTC