Just because you do n’t work for NASA does n’t mean you ’ll never make it as an astronaut . In the public of private quad tourism , a niggling training could be all you need . And there ’s an app for that .
Space Nation , a Finnish space tourism inauguration , recently launchedSpace Nation Navigator , which the company touts as the first spaceman preparation app in the world . The app aims to prepare succeeding space traveler using game , quizzes , and fittingness challenges that fall into three family : " torso , " " brain , " and " societal . "
Each of the challenges is tailor to help you develop the skills you ’d require to make it in blank — even the mundane ones . One mission is cry " Did you houseclean behind the electric refrigerator ? " and is designed to spotlight the unpleasant chores crew members on the ISS have to do to keep thing tidy . There are " survival " quiz that test your knowledge of how to properly work up a fire , register a map , and dispose of your poop in the forest . The app also plugs into your smartphone fitness data point so that you may participate in athletic challenges , like a 650 - foot sprint project to train you to escape a meteor impingement zone .
" Space Nation Navigator offers a room for anyone , anywhere to have a 15 - arcminute spaceman experience every daylight . These astronaut attainment — team building , trouble solving , positive life hacks — are not just vital to pull through in space , " Space Nation CEO Kalle Vähä - Jaakkola say in apress statement . " They are also crucial in your daily life sentence . "
New challenge are added to your waiting line every few hours , and you could compete against other users for in high spirits scores . If you get enough points , you could become eligible for real - lifetime breeding experiences with Space Nation , including a tripper to Iceland . In 2019 , Space Nation plans to hold an international contender to incur one spaceman that the program will institutionalise to space .
If you ’re going to bug out preparation , we hint you take some ofthe testsProject Mercury applicant faced back in 1958 to see how you ’d heap up against the first NASA spaceman .
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