Many people dream about becoming an astronaut and few realize just how difficult it is to achieve that dream but one Calgary man hopes to beat the curve.
Tahir Merali (tahirmerali.com) was first inspired to become an astronaut when he visited the Kennedy Space Centre when he was five years old.
He then met Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar when he was seven, pushing him to eventually complete a series of degrees, including one in engineering and then a masters in space management.
Merali now runs a space consulting company but hopes to make the cut out of 3,400 applicants for just two astronaut positions with the Canadian Space Agency. 243 of those are from Calgary.
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