{"id":1959,"date":"2024-11-12T14:23:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?p=1959"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:59:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:59:38","slug":"computer-science-student-applies-to-become-astronaut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/2024\/computer-science-student-applies-to-become-astronaut\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Science Graduate applies to become Astronaut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Computer Science Graduate applies to become Astronaut\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Canadian Space Agency is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/technology\/astronaut-future-1.3640041\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accepting applications for two astronaut positions until Aug. 15, 2016.<\/a> Jacob Brown a Bachelor of Computer Science graduate from ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University has applied to become an Astronaut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve always wanted to fly. Originally, my goal as child was to be pilot. As I got older and learned more about space, I thought, &#8216;You know what? Astronaut would be something that would be even more incredible,'&#8221; he recalled. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been gearing my education as well as how I go about life in that direction.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brown says he most wants to have the opportunity to be part of the advancement of space technology and science. But he also thinks a chance to pilot a spacecraft and snap a picture of Earth from the International Space Station would be &#8220;incredible.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/technology\/astronaut-canada-csa-2016-1.3709107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View CBC Article<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian Space Agency is accepting applications for two astronaut positions until Aug. 15, 2016. Jacob Brown a Bachelor of Computer Science graduate from ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University has applied to become an Astronaut. &#8220;I&#8217;ve always wanted to fly. Originally, my goal as child was to be pilot. As I got older and learned more about space, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":"idea-take-flight"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1959"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19832,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959\/revisions\/19832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}