Question: when you were young,what made you want to be an astronaut and what do you think it takes to be one

Joanna Huang answered on 12 Jun 2019:

I wanted to be the first woman on the moon 😀 I was also very fascinated with the idea of going into space, and though that it was the coolest thing that anyone could do. I think to be an astronaut, you have to be quite strong physically and mentally. Sending a human being into space has quite an impact on the body (think of all the turbulence in the rocket, and being in zero gravity :O), and you’d also need a strong mind. You would be spending a lot of time alone – so you would only have yourself to depend on. Decision making and problem solving is another important skill to have. I imagine that as an astronaut, you can never predict what’s gonna go wrong, so you have to be ready to tackle hard problems!!