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American woman who was selected as an astronaut 60 years ago but did not get a chance to fly, realized her dream at the age of 82.
He was selected as a passenger to accompany billionaire Jeff Bezos on a space flight, reports Jeong Hye-kyung.
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[Jeff Bezos/Founder of Blue Origin: We'll take you on the first spacecraft and send you out into space]
Jeff Bezos, billionaire and owner of the space exploration company Blue Origin, is honored as an honorary passenger on space travel. We named Wally Funk, an 82-year-old American woman.
Ms. Funk was one of 13 "Mercury women" who passed NASA's astronaut test in the early 1960s.
But none of these have ever been to real space.
At that time, NASA's astronaut qualifications were only given to men and military personnel.
[Wallly Funk/Prospective 'New Shepherd': They said you can't be an astronaut while you're a woman.]
Ms. Funk completed her tough education with excellent grades, but her return was disappointing.
[Walley Funk / 'New Shepard' passenger: Everyone said that I scored significantly higher than the other male candidates.]
However, Mr. Funk did not give up his dream of flying in space, and 60 years later, he became the oldest person to go on a space trip. finally made that dream come true.
[Walley Funk/Scheduled to board 'New Shepard': You know that? Whatever you want to do, you can still do it. I like doing things that no one else has ever done.] The
Bezos brothers, Mr. Funk, and the anonymous participant who paid 31.2 billion won for a boarding pass at an auction, landed on the moon in the spaceship 'New Shepard' Apollo 11 On the 20th, which is the 52nd anniversary of the Korean War, we will be flying into space.
(Video editing: Park Ji-in, video source: Blue Origin YouTube)